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| Wasting Time On Pink Slime |
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| Posted on April 03, 2012 at 1:00 AM |
| Wasting time on pink slime: Did meat packers and USDA figure farmers wouldn't mind trying to explain the product? |
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| In Hog Heaven in South Dakota |
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| Posted on March 25, 2012 at 1:00 AM |
| Pork and beans ... sure, but pork and ice cream? I've never had the two together until tonight. |
| Category: Swine |
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| Crop Insurance – Too Good? |
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| Posted on March 02, 2012 at 1:00 AM |
| This farmer says he’s getting so much of a crop insurance subsidy that it’s almost embarrassing. |
| Category: Issues |
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| Signs In The Night Sky |
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| Posted on February 07, 2012 at 1:00 AM |
| What's driving climate change? A North Dakota aurora watcher says he sees a link between the frequency of northern lights and global warming. |
| Category: Natural resources |
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| Holy Hamburger! |
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| Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:00 AM |
| Consumers might really be scared of their food if they read the thriller “Hotwire.” |
| Category: Biotechnology |
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| Wow! Look At These Corn Yields |
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| Posted on January 13, 2012 at 1:00 AM |
| 297 bushels per acre is the top all-time corn yield in South Dakota Corn Yield Contest. Check out your district winners, too. |
| Category: Corn |
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| Wow! Look At These Corn Yields. |
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| Posted on January 12, 2012 at 1:00 AM |
| SDCGA published a yield contest results booklet and included a couple pages on the Top 10 all-time yields in each contest category. |
| Category: Corn |
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| Impressed By New Ag Leaders in N.D. |
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| Posted on December 02, 2011 at 7:54 AM |
| North Dakota Farmers Union and North Dakota Farmer Bureau both elected new presidents in November. The groups will be well served. |
| Category: Policy |
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| Forever Young |
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| Posted on November 07, 2011 at 10:47 AM |
| Lavern and Sue Koch are more than 70 years old and are still trying to learn how to improve their ranch. |
| Category: Beef |
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| What That Weed? |
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| Posted on September 26, 2011 at 12:01 AM |
| You don’t want to see this one in fields this year. It could mean you 1-2 years away from big trouble and big dollars for weed control. |
| Category: Corn |
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| Big Draw At Big Iron |
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| Posted on September 19, 2011 at 1:09 PM |
| New Holland’s new track system for its big 4WD tractors attracted a lot of attention |
| Category: Technology |
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| $9 corn? |
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| Posted on August 30, 2011 at 12:25 AM |
| From 8,000 feet up, I thought I was seen different soils. It turned out to be corn burning up in Illinois' drought. |
| Category: Corn |
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| Is Your Post Office Closing? |
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| Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:41 AM |
| USPS plans to close thousands of post offices to cut costs. It's looking a list of more more than 100 offices in South Dakota and North Dakota. |
| Category: Issues |
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| This Farm's Worth Watching |
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| Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:49 AM |
| The Hoenhauses are trying no-till and cover crops in Eastern North Dakota that we've long thought was too wet to no-till. |
| Category: Corn |
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| Not Belly Deep In Mud |
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| Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:15 AM |
| It was a perfect day for a feedlot tour -- cold, windy and raining heavily. |
| Category: Beef |
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| Raising the Green Flag |
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| Posted on June 03, 2011 at 12:52 PM |
| Cheer for No. 33 in the NASCAR race in Kansas City Sunday. It’s running for everybody who produces ethanol and grows corn. |
| Category: Corn |
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| On The Road (Maybe) In Flood Country |
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| Posted on May 12, 2011 at 9:32 AM |
| These farmers say there's an easy way to protect township roads -- if USDA and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would get out the way. |
| Category: Issues |
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| Calving Season Success |
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| Posted on April 28, 2011 at 11:58 AM |
| By working hard and long, two South Dakota cattle producer limit losses during cool, wet, muddy calving season. |
| Category: Beef |
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| Best Of Times, Worst Of Times |
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| Posted on April 15, 2011 at 12:01 PM |
| Most of South Dakota agriculture is expereincing the best of times. Why is it the worst of times for South Dakota ag research and extension? |
| Category: Issues |
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| What's Hot When It's Cold |
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| Posted on March 28, 2011 at 6:28 AM |
| What's hot when it's cold? A visit to a couple farm shops shows that it's new bulk fill planters with variable rate and auto row shutoff technology. |
| Category: Corn |
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| Good Place In A Crisis |
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| Posted on March 17, 2011 at 8:50 AM |
| Be thankful to be living in the Dakotas. The capacity to produce energy and food is a good combination in this day and age. |
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| Scent of Spring |
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| Posted on March 01, 2011 at 8:37 AM |
| The smell of freshly plowed fields used to be one great things about spring on a farm. But now it makes Dan Forgey sick. |
| Category: Natural resources |
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| In front of the cameras |
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| Posted on February 07, 2011 at 9:07 PM |
| America farmers create a buzz when they show up at a farm show. "Why are you here?" the media asked. |
| Category: Soybeans |
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| Blowing In The Wind |
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| Posted on February 05, 2011 at 10:07 PM |
| High tech, low-tech – anything tech -- intrigues U.S. farmers on a tour of Brazil. |
| Category: Soybeans |
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| In Praise of No-till |
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| Posted on February 05, 2011 at 10:03 PM |
| The no-till soybeans look great on this southern Brazil farm, but the soil looks even better. |
| Category: Soybeans |
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| Brazil -- Day 5 |
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| Posted on February 03, 2011 at 9:50 PM |
| Brazil Day 5: Of horse drawn wagons and giant cargo ships |
| Category: Soybeans |
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| Brazil -- Day 3 |
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| Posted on February 01, 2011 at 9:12 PM |
| We make it to the first farm on the trip to Brazil, and it was worth the work to get to it. |
| Category: Soybeans |
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| Brazil -- Day 2 |
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| Posted on January 31, 2011 at 11:16 PM |
| Brazil Day 2: Still haven't been on a farm -- but I've met some farmers. |
| Category: Soybeans |
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| Brazil - Day 1 |
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| Posted on January 31, 2011 at 3:35 AM |
| First impressions of Brazil: A hot, noisy place. |
| Category: Soybeans |
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| Corn talk |
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| Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:38 AM |
| Land prices, corn yields and "why we're doing this" were some of the interesting things talked about at the South Dakota Corn Growers convention. |
| Category: Corn |
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| Scared Straight |
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| Posted on January 12, 2011 at 4:27 PM |
| Scared straight … out of using Roundup year after year. |
| Category: Soybeans |
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| Melons On The Moon |
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| Posted on December 29, 2010 at 11:58 AM |
| I used to tell my kids I wanted to grow melons on the moon. They thought I was nuts. Now I can just tell them I was just ahead of the times. |
| Category: Farm Family Living |
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| Dunn Can Get It Done |
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| Posted on November 20, 2010 at 12:01 AM |
| Barry Dunn, the new president of SDSU College of Ag, is apparently well aware of what some farmers and ranchers say is the institution's shortcomings. |
| Category: Issues |
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| Who's the Dummy? |
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| Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:21 AM |
| If you're done harvesting corn "on time," maybe you don't have enough corn. |
| Category: Corn |
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| Vote Now |
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| Posted on November 02, 2010 at 8:19 AM |
| A lot's at stake for Dakota agriculture in this election. I'm heading to the township hall to vote now. |
| Category: Issues |
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| Suprise in Huron, S.D. |
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| Posted on October 13, 2010 at 6:35 AM |
| People apparently know less about farming than I thought -- a lot less. A demonstration field by the Huron Chamber tries to get them up to speed. |
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| Open Fields -- A Bridge To Nowhere |
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| Posted on October 06, 2010 at 1:59 PM |
| USDA is going to give North Dakota $300,000 to pay farmers under a new program to open their land to hunters and anglers. I say give the money back. |
| Category: Issues |
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| Northern N.D. -- The New Cornbelt? |
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| Posted on September 29, 2010 at 2:10 PM |
| Northern North Dakota could be in the heart of the "new" Cornbelt by 2015 with 70- to 75-day corn that averages 200 bushels per acre. |
| Category: Corn |
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| Bart Schott: Let it stand |
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| Posted on September 07, 2010 at 12:01 AM |
| 'Let it stand' might be the answer in the Dakotas when corn is still 30% moisture in November |
| Category: Corn |
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| Machinery costs and farm size |
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| Posted on September 03, 2010 at 1:13 PM |
| Is that $6K, $60K or $600K? Machinery prices are hard to believe. No wonder farms keep getting bigger. |
| Category: Machinery |
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| David Hartz and Headline on corn |
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| Posted on August 19, 2010 at 1:16 PM |
| Psst – want a new tip for growing high yield corn? Maybe there's something to applying Headline on northern corn. |
| Category: Corn |
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| Redstone Feeders |
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| Posted on July 14, 2010 at 5:10 PM |
| A circle is a lot more than a "zero" at Redstone Feeders, DeSmet, S.D. |
| Category: Beef |
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| Chicago & Ethanol |
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| Posted on July 01, 2010 at 3:57 PM |
| Sit in a traffic jam in Chicago long enough and you can see why the America Lung Association is backing ethanol this Fourth of July |
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| Food Versus Fuel |
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| Posted on June 18, 2010 at 10:55 AM |
| A moss-covered farmer is really "green" in this University of Minnesota Arboretum exhibit. |
| Category: Issues |
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| Ethanol is playing nice |
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| Posted on June 01, 2010 at 8:09 AM |
| Corn hasn't polluted any beaches -- so why is the ethanol industry not using the spill in the Gulf to change some minds? |
| Category: Issues |
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| No County For Old Men |
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| Posted on April 12, 2010 at 12:39 AM |
| Ranching in the Dakotas might be challenging and even frustrating at times, we don't have to carry guns when checking cows. |
| Category: Farm Management |
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| Among Survivors |
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| Posted on April 01, 2010 at 7:02 AM |
| Dairy producers attending the Central Plains Dairy Expo are a tough bunch. They've hung on through a year of record low prices. |
| Category: Farm Management |
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| Valley Farm Show |
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| Posted on February 25, 2010 at 12:04 AM |
| How do you know are you in the Red River Valley for farm show? The top attractions aren't what you see in corn and bean country. |
| Category: Machinery |
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| Dryer buying decisions |
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| Posted on February 03, 2010 at 2:00 PM |
| Safety is a factor in Steve Strege's decision to buy a bigger high temperature dryer |
| Category: Corn |
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| cover crops |
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| Posted on January 25, 2010 at 12:01 AM |
| Buleigh County Soil District directors are cover crop innovators. Here's some of the new things they are tackling now |
| Category: Farm Management |
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| Land of opportunity |
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| Posted on January 18, 2010 at 10:39 PM |
| Sometimes, the best stuff at farm meetings comes not from the speakers but the guys in the back of the room and out in the hall. |
| Category: Farm Management |
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| Corn harvest |
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| Posted on January 07, 2010 at 4:40 PM |
| Corn in field and boots frozen to the floor – statistics and a story from the 2009 harvest. |
| Category: Corn |
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