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    FSA offices reopen with some services
    Farm Service Agency offices across the country reopened Jan. 24 and will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays through Feb. 8. Offices will then be open the same hours three days a week, Tuesdays through Thursdays, beginning Feb. 11, until the lapse in federal funding is over....
    business/agriculture29 min 30 sec ago
    Knutson: 'Arrogant journalists' exist, but not in Upper Midwest agriculture
    The caller told me in clear and certain terms that he didn’t like what I’d written in an Agweek news article: that many U.S. farm organizations and commodity groups are deeply concerned about disruptions in American ag exports. “Fake news,” the caller said. “Well,” I said,...
    business/agriculture1 hour 28 min ago
    January 23, 2019
    ND State Capitol (Korrie Wenzel/Forum News Service)
    Republican lawmaker calls oil tax increase 'political theater'
    BISMARCK — A proposal to increase the oil extraction tax received a cold reception in a North Dakota legislative committee on Wednesday, Jan....
    business/energy-and-mining13 hours 24 min ago
    Asim Ghanchi, general director of technology services for BNSF, explains how a worn rail section can affect railroad safety Tuesday, Jan. 22, at the North Dakota state Capitol. Ghanchi also had a new rail section for comparison. Tom Stromme / Bismarck Tribune
    BNSF explains new cameras able to detect rail flaws at 70 mph at ND Capitol exhibit
    BISMARCK - BNSF Railway will begin equipping its fleet in March with cameras capable of snapping images at 70 mph with enough detail to show...
    business/transportation21 hours 27 min ago
    Bell Bank expects to complete the purchase of Warner and Company Insurance March 31. Forum file photo
    Bell Bank to purchase Fargo-based Warner and Company Insurance and its subsidiaries in Grand Forks, Detroit Lakes
    FARGO -- Bell Bank has announced its intent to purchase Warner and Company Insurance, a full-service insurance agency founded in Fargo more than...
    business/announcements22 hours 4 min ago
    Temple Grandin, a nationally recognized expert on humane livestock handling systems, spoke Jan. 14 and 15 in Crookston, Minn. Submitted photo
    Making agriculture more humane: Temple Grandin, livestock handling expert, shares her wisdom
    CROOKSTON, Minn. — When Temple Grandin was 14, her parents divorced and her mother remarried, leading Grandin from Boston to an Arizona ranch...
    business/agricultureJanuary 23, 2019 - 6:00am
    January 22, 2019
    Farm Service Agency to reopen for more services: All FSA staff recalled to work as shutdown continues
    WASHINGTON — Farm Service Agency offices nationwide will reopen Jan. 24 despite the ongoing government shutdown. The U.S. Department of Agriculture...
    business/agricultureJanuary 22, 2019 - 4:13pm
    A Starbucks coffee shop in New York. Bloomberg photo by Victor J. Blue.
    Starbucks isn't as popular as it used to be. So it's trying out delivery.
    Coffee delivery to the office? No problem. The soccer field? Sure thing. The whole world is a Starbucks now.
    businessJanuary 22, 2019 - 3:43pm
    An employee assembles a model with Lego toy bricks in a rest area during the opening of the Robert Bosch Internet of Things campus in Berlin on Jan. 18, 2018. Bloomberg photo by Krisztian Bocsi.
    Lego collecting delivers huge (and uncorrelated) market returns
    A lot of fancy things can be built with Lego sets nowadays. Such as a diversifying portfolio that loads on the Fama-French size factor. Collecting...
    businessJanuary 22, 2019 - 11:41am
    Bell Bank has named former Lynx women's basketball star and current coach at the University of Minnesota a "Bell Bank Champion." She will be featured in advertising campaigns and work with the bank on "Pay it Forward" charitable causes. Submitted photo
    Gophers coach Whalen signs endorsement deal with Bell Bank
    MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota women’s basketball coach Lindsay Whalen has inked a partnership agreement with Bell Bank, becoming a Bell Bank “Champion.”...
    business/announcementsJanuary 22, 2019 - 9:16am
    January 21, 2019
    Dried corn shines in the fall sunlight near Washburn, N.D., on Sept. 19. Where yields were good in 2018, farmland rental rates are generally holding steady. Nick Nelson / Forum News Service
    Farmland rental rates holding steady but with exceptions
    As many farmers and their landlords renegotiate rental agreements that expired after the 2018 crop season, this generalization about farmland...
    business/agricultureJanuary 21, 2019 - 6:00am
    January 20, 2019
    Pheasants Forever CEO and President Howard Vincent addresses a crowd of 700 corn farmers and guests at the 33rd annual South Dakota Corn Farmers Association meeting in Sioux Falls on Saturday, Jan. 19. Ellen Bardash / Forum News Service
    Pheasants Forever’s Vincent speaks on SD conservation efforts
    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- The keynote speaker at the 33rd annual South Dakota Corn Growers Association’s meeting was one who hopes his organization...
    business/agricultureJanuary 20, 2019 - 4:15pm
    Palm trees at the Malaysian Palm Oil Board research plantation in Kluang, Johor, Malaysia, on Sept. 18, 2018. Bloomberg photo by Joshua Paul.
    The world has loads of sustainable palm oil - but no one wants it
    The world's biggest growers of palm oil say they're stepping up efforts to produce the contentious commodity more sustainably, but consumers...
    businessJanuary 20, 2019 - 12:59pm
    ‘What's going on in the world’: Trade negotiations crucial for area agriculture
    DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — Frayne Olson studied agricultural economics in college. But now, the North Dakota State University extension crop economist/marketing...
    business/agricultureJanuary 20, 2019 - 6:00am
    January 19, 2019
    The word "taxes" is seen on the facade of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters in Washington. Bloomberg photo by Andrew Harrer
    Shutdown undercuts the IRS, just in time for a particularly difficult tax season
    WASHINGTON - The government shutdown is hampering the Internal Revenue Service's ability to prepare for the first filing season under the new...
    businessJanuary 19, 2019 - 1:53pm
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