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Palmer amaranth, the herbicide-resistant species of pigweed known for devastating crops across the South and Midwest, has been found in North Dakota for the first time. (Submitted photo)
Agriculture

A deep-rooted fear realized: Palmer amaranth spreading in ND

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Agriculture

Organic tackles 'existential threat' of climate change

Agriculture

NDSU Tartan wool blanket supports scholarships

Neil Rockstad worries the coronavirus could shut down the sugar beet harvest when Red River Valley farmers have a limited time to complete it. Rockstad is president of the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association, the 2,800 growers that own the American Crystal Sugar Cooperative, the largest beet sugar producer in the country. Dan Gunderson / MPR News
Agriculture

COVID-19 looms over sugar beet harvest

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Agriculture

'Buy American,' right? Not so fast

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Crime and Courts

South Dakota cousins ensnared in court case over farm equipment websites

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Agriculture

Perdue talks progress on trade, coronavirus aid

Mike Peterson, who operates Twin Oaks farm in Northfield, Minn., with his wife and two sons, stands in his field on October 2019 with members of the Department of Agriculture, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Board of Water and Soil Resources. The agencies were on hand to unveil new reports that examine the impact that the state's agriculture has on climate change. (Noah Fish / Agweek)
Agriculture

Peterson family named conservationists of the year in Rice County

A trailer is loaded with corn at the Stickney Co-op Elevator on Thursday, Aug. 20 along U.S. Highway 281 in Stickney. The elevator is among the roughly 250 grain-handling locations remaining in South Dakota, which is less than half as many as the state had 60 years ago. (Matt Gade / Republic)
Agriculture

A drain on grain elevators: SD's facility count continues decades-long shrinking

Agriculture

A special garden for special needs

Farmers at a roundtable discussion at the Lake Region Chautauqua Gallery in Devils Lake, told U.S. Fish and Wildlife Director Aurelia Skipwith about their concerns with the agency's Waterfowl Production Area appeals process. Skipwith was invited to North Dakota by Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D. Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., also attended the meeting. Ann Bailey, Grand Forks Herald
Agriculture

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service director meets with Devils Lake landowners

Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., spoke at a Dakotafest virtual forum on Aug. 19, 2020.
Agriculture

Pandemic has opened eyes to food chain problems, SD delegation says

Big Iron International Visitors program delegates meet with North Dakota company representatives to discuss trade opportunities during Big Iron in September 2019. The 2020 International Visitors program will be replaced with virtual programming due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Jenny Schlecht / Agweek)
Agriculture

International Visitors Program plans virtual programs due to coronavirus

South Dakota Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden, who also is serving as interim agriculture secretary for the state, spoke at an Aug. 18, 2020, Dakotafest virtual forum.
Agriculture

SD continues to address meat processing needs

Jeff Hoeft has the support of his wife, Jennifer, and daughters -- twins, Gracie and Claire, both 19, and Gillian, 12, as well as Caleb Bellig, Wahpeton, who is working with the family’s farm and its stone countertop business -- Prairie Stone LLC. Photo taken July 1, 2020, at Wahpeton, N.D. Mikkel Pates / Agweek
Agriculture

Cropping may become No. 2 to farmer's new countertop biz

Pres. Theodore Roosevelt dedicated the cornerstone at the Fargo College Library, then gave a Labor Day speech in Island Park on Sept. 5, 1910. Courtesy: NDSU Archives
Agriculture

Be a first-rate bully: Trust science

Agriculture

SD company becomes nation's first commercial soy aquaculture feed producer

Agriculture

South Dakota submits state hemp plan to USDA

North Dakota youth have an opportunity to become involved in the sheep industry and build their own flock through the Starter Flock Discounted Loan Program. NDSU photo
Agriculture

Loans offered for future sheep producers

Agriculture

Changing face of ag export outlet: Port of Duluth Superior

Dennis Haugen of Hannaford, N.D., diversified his farming base into seed cleaning, marketing distressed or damaged crops, and has become a significant player in the cover crop seed business -- especially known for his Jackhammer radish seeds. Photo by Mikkel Pates, Agweek
Agriculture

North Dakota grain group president resigns after 'inexcusable' Facebook comment