Tours organized by the North Dakota Grain Growers Association and introducing EPA officials the challenges of North Dakota Farming. The tours are happening all over the state including Minot, but at the tour near Williston the focus turned toward honey bees.
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At a shooting range near Dickinson, bullets are flying a little farther afield than wanted; and it’s happening more often than it should. As a result, the range will be closing. Full story from the Dickinson Press.
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Six soccer teams from Minot are in Chicago to compete in a regional tournament against some of the top teams in the country. KX News has the story of the growing success of Minot’s soccer program.
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From prairie pothole to fishing hole, that’s goal of the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s walleye seeding program. The young fish, more than 10 million of them, are on the move this week finding their way into more than a 140 lakes across the state.
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The Forum editorial board weighs in on North Dakota Farmers Union’s action to put anti-corporate farming law on the ballot. Their take, agriculture production has changed and the law ND Farmers Union wants passed will not be a savior for small towns.
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In this weeks AgweekTV, RDO owner Ron Offutt speaks on his company’s plan to add almost 7,000 acres of potato production land reliant on irrigation from an aquifer, Country of Origin Labeling, and modern technology driven dairy farming.
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We know all about early North Dakota pioneers and their struggles against nature and the prairie, but less well known is the fact they often had to overcome political corruption and the railroad’s monopolistic regime. A new documentary shines light on the subject.
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If you’re living in the oil patch, little things like a hilltop with a good cell phone signal — so you can hook up to the digital world — are valuable assets. Jessie Veeder, a Watford City musician, writer, and rancher offers her perspective on oil patch paradox.
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Anyone who’s spent more than a little time on North Dakota’s ‘big lake’ knows that prairie storms come up quick and pack a big punch. Here’s one boater’s experience on another lake that serves as a warning and an exciting read.
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The North Dakota Game & Fish Department has accepted the idea that our climate is changing, and they’ve started the process of learning how those changes affect wildlife and habitat. Get the full story from the Fargo Forum.
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Local producers of beef, chicken, and pork represented through the ND Stockman’s Association are for getting rid of the country of origin labeling requirement for beef, a federal regulation believed to be responsible for $4-5 per head in additional production costs.
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After studying thousands of relationships, one behavioral scientist can predict with 94% accuracy which couples will be together and will couples will split within a few years. What’s his secret? He watches for kindness and generosity and the little ways they manifest themselves.
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Know the laws of the country you’re visiting before you go. For two Saskatchewan travelers, the learning curve is steep; they’re blamed with angering a mountain spirit and causing an earthquake because of a picture taken atop the mountain. They were not naked by our standards.
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I suspect we all intuitively know what this formula is, but science has finally declared that a fire with a width/radius equal to its height will burn the hottest. Your job at the lake this weekend – test the theory and report back.
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Considering the warm spring, the mosquitos in town seemed to have a slow start, but they’ve come on with a vengeance lately. Officials at Minot Park District have noticed, and they’re working to keep the pesky creatures at bay. KX News has the story.
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— Official News Release, ND Game & Fish — North Dakota Game and Fish Department fisheries personnel will stock a record number of walleye lakes in the coming weeks. Fisheries production and development supervisor Jerry Weigel said 130 waters are scheduled to receive a share of 9 million fingerlings. “We need every available pond
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