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THE AREA VOICES COMMUNITY Areavoices Digest #75 - What's life really like in the Oil Patch?
We've seen the news stories and read the reports from the oil boom in Western North Dakota. They paint a vivid picture of both the good and bad that come with an economic boom and population explosion...
Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:29 AM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Legislative notebook: Senate approves bigger fireworks
By Danielle Nordine and Don Davis Minnesota skies could soon be lighting up on more than the Fourth of July. State senators Tuesday approved a bill expanding legal fireworks 41-22. Some senators mad...
Posted on 4/18/12 at 1:34 AM
FALL COLORS Fall on the farm
Submitted by Betsy Enger. Photos taken Sept. 30 during soybean harvest in Marion, N.D. She writes, "Three Generations helping with harvest. My son was being escorted by his grandfather to the ride i...
Posted on 10/10/11 at 5:06 PM
STAFF BLOG NORTHWOOD POLITICS Cap and trade plagues Peterson
U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson was put on the hot seat last week when he held a health care forum in Bemidji. Nearly 400 people packed a large hall at the Hampton Inn & Suites for nearly three h...
Posted on 8/22/09 at 8:15 PM
Closing of 259 USDA offices raises safety concerns 
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Agriculture Department announced Monday it will close nearly 260 offices nationwide, a move that won praise for cutting costs but raised concerns about the possible effect on food safety.
By Associated Press , January 10, 2012
NM scientists develop drought-tolerant alfalfa
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — With much of the Southwest struggling with drought, many ranchers and dairy farmers are having difficulty finding enough hay for their livestock and making tough choices: pay up to twice as much as last year and ship it in from hundreds of miles away or do without and sell off some of their herd.
By Associated Press , January 02, 2012
Farming practices threaten widely grown corn crop
One of the nation's most widely planted crops — a genetically engineered corn plant that makes its own insecticide — may be losing its ability to kill a major pest, and scientists fear potentially risky farming practices are spurring the rise of insects immune to the hybrid's sophisticated weaponry.
By Associated Press , December 28, 2011
Milk output is up in Wis., holds steady in Minn.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — For the second straight month, milk output has risen slightly in Wisconsin and held steady in Minnesota.
By Associated Press , December 27, 2011
More young people see opportunity in farming
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin factory worker worried about layoffs became a dairy farmer. An employee at a Minnesota nonprofit found an escape from her cubicle by buying a vegetable farm. A nuclear engineer tired of office bureaucracy decided to get into cattle ranching in Texas.
By Associated Press , December 21, 2011
Cargill resumes ground turkey production in Arkansas
SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — Meat giant Cargill says a northwest Arkansas plant is again producing ground turkey following a salmonella outbreak.
By Associated Press , December 19, 2011
Minnesota cattlemen happy that TB is controlled and they can sell anywhere
ST. PAUL - Minnesota cattlemen are celebrating the reopening of markets nationwide after tuberculosis found in one cow six years ago hurt their sales.
By Don Davis , December 07, 2011
GOP debates nonexistent dust rule
WASHINGTON (AP) — The issue may be dust in the wind, but Republicans are still moving to block it.
By Associated Press , December 06, 2011
Renville County mega feedlot nearly complete
OLIVIA — Three and a-half years after getting regulatory approval, construction is nearly complete on one of the state's largest feedlots. The Revier Cattle operation will increase the number of beef cattle from 4,500 to more than 10,000 .
By West Central Tribune , December 06, 2011
Shock waves from MF Global collapse felt on farms
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The shock waves from the collapse of commodities trading firm MF Global Inc. are hitting hard across rural America, where farmers, ranchers and agricultural business owners are nervously waiting to learn how much money they've lost.
By Associated Press , December 04, 2011
Milk output steady in Minnesota, rises in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Milk production has improved modestly in Wisconsin, and Minnesota has reversed a short-term slide by holding about even.
By Associated Press , November 30, 2011
Ringling circus agrees to $270K fine by USDA
VIENNA, Va. (AP) — The Virginia-based owner of the Ringling Bros. circus has agreed to pay a $270,000 fine to settle allegations that it violated federal animal-welfare laws in its handling of elephants, tigers, zebras and other exotic animals.
By Associated Press , November 28, 2011
Livestock farmers say ethanol eats too much corn
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Livestock farmers are demanding a change in the nation's ethanol policy, claiming current rules could lead to spikes in meat prices and even shortages at supermarkets if corn growers have a bad year.
By Associated Press , November 23, 2011
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