FARM
Conversation with the sky
I know what it feels like again to stay up till 4 a.m. Friends and I joined the owls and coyotes at the Furtman Farm Star Party near Webster, Wis. for a third of an Earth rotation under the stars. T...
Posted on 9/15/12 at 3:33 PM
Return To The Green Market
At the very end of August, we treated ourselves to dinner atGreen Market Kitchenwith friends. We last dined at The Green Market not quite a year ago when we tried their special Dia De Los Muertos-in...
Posted on 9/13/12 at 8:28 PM
Farm implement repurpose...those farmers have the best junk!
On a farmstead visit a few weeks ago I found this interesting clip. Just gotta say, I love old gagets and rusty stuff. The farmer also had a few of these curved iron pieces he said came...
Posted on 8/10/12 at 10:20 AM
Progress is in North Dakota!!
Progress is definedby Websters as :"A forward or onward movement, -A betterment ". I think it is more about taking that first step towards your dreams or goals. They say all you have to do is change ...
Posted on 2/27/12 at 9:04 PM
NDSU Extension economist has some tax tips for producers.
Agricultural producers need to take a close look at some tax preparation items, says Ron Haugen, North Dakota State University Extension Service farm economist. Items to note for 2011 income tax prep...
Posted on 2/13/12 at 9:23 AM
Rural Midwest bankers expect more economic growth
A monthly survey of bankers says that strong farm income continues to boost the economy in rural areas of 10 Midwest and Plains states.By Associated Press , April 18, 2013
Farm Rescue founder launches separate foundation
The founder of Farm Rescue has launched a separate foundation to further his cause of helping farmers stricken by major illnesses, ailments or disasters.April 08, 2013
Family gets deadline for farm animal removal
A mid-Michigan family has less than a week to get rid of goats, chickens, pot belly pigs and rabbits from their property or face a lawsuit.By Associated Press , March 23, 2013
Makoti to celebrate threshing show
The annual Makoti Threshing Association’s annual exhibition is featuring more than 300 vintage tractors, combines, threshing machines and other farm machinery.October 04, 2012
Man injured in grain auger accident
A Thompson, N.D., man was injured Wednesday after his foot became caught in a grain auger. David Brazee, 59, was shoveling inside a grain bin at the Honeyford Elevator when his foot slipped into the chute and became lodged in the auger system.By Forum Communications , September 06, 2012
Uncertainty over farm bill concerns farm leaders
By Keith Norman , August 25, 2012
Antique tractor auction pulls crowd to Ulen farmstead
Bill Johnson, a retired farmer and now a collector of antique tractors, showed up for the Robert Mikulecky farm auction here Thursday without a trailer.By By Dave Olson , Forum Communications , August 24, 2012
Sugar arguments are baloney
The major users of U.S.-produced sugar are ratcheting up their perennial effort to kill the U.S. sugar program as the U.S. House takes up a Senate-passed farm bill that includes a new sugar program. It’s an old story featuring the same cast of corporate characters and the same phony claims big sugar users have trotted out for decades. It was baloney in the past and it is baloney this time around.By The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead , July 17, 2012
Farm parody of ‘Sexy and I Know It’ goes viral
Kansas State University student Greg Peterson and some friends were unwinding at a drive-in restaurant when LMFAO’s song “Sexy and I Know It” came on the radio. He groaned.By By Roxana Hegeman , Associated Press , July 07, 2012
Consumers asked to pay more for milk to save farms
Consumers will pay a little more for coffee and chocolate to ensure the farmers who produce those foods get a fair wage, so why not ask them to pay more for milk?July 07, 2012
Man sent to Sanford after auger accident
A man was injured and then Lifeflighted to Sanford Health, Fargo, after being caught in an auger Friday morning, according to the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office.By Kari Lucin , July 07, 2012
NDSU agribusiness chairman dies
When Cole Gustafson first arrived at North Dakota State University in 1986, his fellow faculty members had a research project ready to go — and put him to work before he had a chance to blink.By By Marino Eccher, Forum Communications Co. , May 01, 2012
Well-known NDSU ag economist killed in farm mishap
Officials at North Dakota State University are mourning the death of a department head and respected agricultural economist.April 30, 2012
Lending a helping farmhand
With his wife battling cancer and five children to look out for — the youngest of whom is 2 years old — Matt Klemetson has a lot more to worry about than planting corn. On Tuesday, a few neighbors and friendly strangers stopped by to help pick up the slack.By By Marino Eccher, Forum Communications Co , April 25, 2012
Time to plant? Farmers weigh options in unseasonably warm spring
For the second straight year, dates associated with crop insurance coverage are on farmers’ minds. The difference is a year ago farmers were rushing to get crops in the ground before the final planting deadline. This year farmers are waiting until the early planting dates have passed.By Keith Norman , March 30, 2012
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