North Dakota’s growing season doesn’t usually include winter, but with south-facing wall and a little solar engineering, greenhouses can grow just about anything. Want proof? Check out the quick feature from Ag Week TV below. The story comes from Lake City, Minnesota, and if they can do it, surely it can be done here too.
Read & Share sourced from: AGWEEK
The market for hyper-local food isn’t filling our grocery stores, yet, but it is creating small niches for creative businesses. Agweek has the full story on an emerging market for kombucha — a fermented tea drink. The exciting part is the demand is producing some small-scale economic vertical integration (local sourcing and production); it’s a
Read & Share sourced from: AGWEEK
For one North Dakota farm family, the economics of a diversifying consumer palate created opportunities to produce niche crops, often at returns above the standard commodity market. Check out the full story on how consumer tastes are driving on-the-ground decisions for farmers from Ann Baily with AgWeek. And why does it matter in Minot? In
Read & Share sourced from: AGWEEK
What do you get when you put a bunch of common-sense North Dakota farmers on a bus with a bunch of Washington bureaucrats? No, this isn’t a set-up for a joke — it’s a real-life news story, and the meeting happened not-far from Minot. Agweek has the article on the meeting that’s the hopeful basis
Read & Share sourced from: AGWEEK
One of North Dakota’s largest oil producers, Continental Resources, announced it has a deal in place to sell ~33,500 barrels per day of ND produced sweet crude to China. The deal creates logistics challenges in form of ensuring Continental oil isn’t comingled with other sources before being loaded and shipped, and it’s only possible because
Read & Share sourced from: UPI
If your life is on the ranch, then a lot of your days are spent along the fence. Watford City musician, writer and rancher Jesse Veeder captures the spirit and essential rules of the time-honored activity in this commentary from AgWeek.
Read & Share sourced from: AGWEEK
New regulations handed down by the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers are set to make life a little more burocratic for farmers and ranchers. And for one North Dakota farmer-attorney, that means getting more things in writing so he’s covered legally.
Read & Share sourced from: AGWEEK
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.
Read & Share sourced from: AGWEEK
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.
Read & Share sourced from: AGWEEK
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.
Read & Share sourced from: AGWEEK
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.
Read & Share sourced from: AGWEEK
The bird flu epidemic has hit Minnesota particularly hard — to the tune of 8.2 million birds affecting 98 commercial operations. Flocks in North and South Dakota have also been affected, but officials are hoping warmer weather will offer a reprieve.
Read & Share sourced from: AGWEEK
The separation of mineral rights from surface owners can be a confusing concept, and there are a lot of laws that can tangle things further. Get the legal rundown on the rights of mineral owners and surface owners in this informative piece from Agweek.
Read & Share sourced from: AGWEEK
There are fewer and fewer of the next generation taking over the family farm, but here’s one example where it’s working out. The story outlines the challenges of being a young farmer in a rural setting and outlines some trends in agriculture we should know about.
Read & Share sourced from: AGWEEK
The cattle history isn’t as closely tied to Minot as it is in the Southwestern part of the state, but it’s still an important part of our rich cultural heritage. If you’re one of those original cowboy fanatics, you’ll appreciate this article from Agweek.
Read & Share sourced from: AGWEEK
In this week’s installment of AgWeek TV, a dry spring is reminding us of an old problem blowing topsoil. But there are practices that dramatically conserve this valuable resources.
Read & Share sourced from: AGWEEK