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    Steven Johnson explains the importance of managing crop price risk at a Growing On 2018 meeting. Michelle Rook/ Forum News Service
    Growing On 2018 helps farmers market crops in difficult times
    YANKTON, S.D. — 2018 was an unprecedented year in the grain markets with record crops and the trade war pressuring prices. As a result, farmers...
    business/agriculture5 hours 29 min ago
    December 11, 2018
    Senate passes 2018 Farm Bill compromise, House vote expected as soon as Wednesday
    WASHINGTON -- After months of back-and-forth and missing their Sept. 30 re-authorization deadline, the U.S. House and Senate has finally come...
    business/agriculture/news/government-and-politics17 hours 48 min ago
    The White House. Forum News Service file photo
    Tribal energy bill approved by House, awaits president's signature
    WASHINGTON — Legislation introduced by Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., that aims to give Native American tribes greater flexibility to manage their...
    news/government-and-politics/business/energy-and-mining19 hours 57 min ago
    Equipment failure results in oil spill in western North Dakota
    KILLDEER, N.D. — An equipment failure caused about 163 barrels, or 6,846 gallons, of crude oil to spill Saturday at a well pad in Dunn County,...
    business/energy-and-mining21 hours 12 min ago
    Congress' $867 billion farm bill is out. Here's what's in it.
    WASHINGTON - Congress is moving to pass a farm bill that allocates billions in subsidies to American farmers, legalizes hemp, bolsters farmers...
    business/agriculture23 hours 38 min ago
    A grower inspects a cannabis plant at a craft grow operation outside of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, on Nov. 8, 2018. Ben Nelms/Bloomberg
    Tobacco farmers already switching to hemp, may look at cannabis
    For some tobacco farmers, the future may be in cannabis. Altria Group Inc., the U.S. maker of Marlboro cigarettes, made a $1.8 billion investment...
    businessDecember 11, 2018 - 10:13am
    Web series for women in agriculture aims to combat stress
    A new, interactive online series beginning this week seeks to help women in agriculture “cultivate resiliency.” American Agri-Women, District...
    businessDecember 11, 2018 - 10:00am
    Emily Carden, assistant manager at Peake ReLeaf dispensary in Rockville, Md., stocks the shelves with jars of cannabis. Washington Post photo by Ricky Carioti
    Marijuana education or illegal drug-selling? Instagram's not sure.
    By the time they opened this spring, the founders of the Peake ReLeaf medical cannabis shop in Rockville, Maryland, had already created a social...
    business/technologyDecember 11, 2018 - 9:33am
    December 10, 2018
    Fingerprint requirement for day care workers put on hold in North Dakota
    FARGO — Child care providers in North Dakota are breathing a temporary sigh of relief after the deadline for complying with a new federal regulation,...
    business/small-businessDecember 10, 2018 - 8:42pm
    Oilfield service company owes back pay
    The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered Wyoming Casing Service Inc., of Dickinson, to pay $1.17 million in back wages. The department said the...
    business/energy-and-miningDecember 10, 2018 - 5:11pm
    Signage is displayed in front of Google Inc. headquarters in Mountain View, California on April 25, 2018. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by David Paul Morris
    Google reveals new security bug affecting more than 52 million users
    Google revealed Monday, Dec. 10, that its soon-to-be-shuttered social network suffered from another security lapse, a software bug that could...
    business/technologyDecember 10, 2018 - 1:40pm
    Thomas G. Corle is chief executive officer of New Energy Blue LLC, based in Pennsylvania. The company is working toward building a $150 million ethanol plant that would use corn stover and cereal grain straw as a feedstock. Photo taken Nov. 14, 2018, in Fargo. Mikkel Pates / Forum News Service
    New Energy presses on with ND cellulosic ethanol plant plans
    SPIRITWOOD, N.D. -- New Energy Blue LLC is about five months away from finishing engineering and permitting on a $150 million plant project that...
    business/agricultureDecember 10, 2018 - 9:01am
    Nick Schlief has just paid off his 2018 Farm Service Agency youth loan. Brian Heieie, FSA loan officer in the Glenwood, Minn., office, congratulates him. Submitted photo
    Meet ‘Farmer Nick’: Thompson, N.D., high school student takes advantage of loan program
    THOMPSON, N.D. — Go ahead, call him “Farmer Nick.” A growing number of his friends and acquaintances do. Nick Schlief, now 15, farmed 20...
    business/agricultureDecember 10, 2018 - 7:15am
    Several emergency medical responders and the squad leader of the Esmond Quick Response Unit with their response vehicle are, from left, Jason Smith, Robbie Rennock, Cortney Rennock, Shari Wilson, squad leader Cindy Wilhelm, Alysa Rice, Jayla Smith, Julie Grove and Brandon Grove. Submitted photo
    Central North Dakota community rallies to replace ambulance service
    ESMOND, N.D. — Because every minute is precious in a medical emergency, the Esmond community knew something needed to be done when its ambulance...
    business/healthcareDecember 10, 2018 - 7:00am
    December 9, 2018
    Tesla chief Elon Musk speaks during a Boring Co. event in Los Angeles, California. Bloomberg photo by Patrick T. Fallon.
    Tesla may consider buying idle GM plants
    Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk told CBS's "60 Minutes" that he may be willing to buy some of the five factories General Motors Co. will...
    business/manufacturingDecember 9, 2018 - 11:38am
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