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Farmer sentiment remains weak, crop producers contemplating acreage shifts in 2023
The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer continued to slide in June, down 2 points to a reading of 97. Producers' expectations for the future also weakened. The Index of Future Expectation...
Jody Heemstra Jul 05, 2022
Purdue University awarded $10 million for #DiverseCornBelt project
A $10 million project seeks to make Midwestern agriculture more resilient by diversifying farms, marketing and the agricultural landscape. We've all heard of hedging a bet or diversifying a portfolio ...
Jody Heemstra Oct 13, 2021
USDA distributes $1.5 billion to strengthen school meal program
The US Department of Agriculture is providing up to $1.5 billion to states and school districts to help school meal program operators deal with the challenges of supply chain disruptions brought on by...
Jody Heemstra Dec 20, 2021
A landowner-led effort along the Missouri River pushes back on tree invasion in Gregory, Charles Mix, Brule and Lyman counties
Started in 2016, the Mid-Missouri River Prescribed Burn Association is a landowner-led effort to combat the spread of trees along the Missouri River corridor in Gregory, Charles Mix, Brule and Lyman c...
Jody Heemstra Jul 20, 2023
Rout At Miami Gives Twins 4-0 Start
MIAMI (AP) - Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli believes his team's early success this season has hinged on starting pitching. The Twins pitched two shutouts during their opening series in Kansas ...
Apr 04, 2023
61-Yard Joseph FG Gives Vikings Win Over Giants
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Justin Jefferson got the ball just far enough across midfield for Minnesota Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell to summon Greg Joseph for a kick he'd never before made in a game from that...
Dec 25, 2022
Bipartisan Meat Packing Special Investigator Act passes Senate Ag Committee; Mixed reaction from cattle groups
U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) applauded passage of their bipartisan Meat Packing Special Investigator Act through the Senate Agriculture Committe...
Jody Heemstra Jun 23, 2022
US Highway 183 at I-90 near Presho back open, but lane closure still in effect
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023: U.S. Highway 183 has been reopened at Interstate 90. The closure was necessary due to a bridge hit late last fall by an over-height vehicle on the westbound I-90 structure over Hig...
Jody Heemstra Sep 19, 2023
North Dakota tribe goes back to its roots with a massive greenhouse operation
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A Native American tribe in North Dakota will soon grow lettuce in a giant greenhouse complex that when fully completed will be among the country's largest, enabling the tribe to ...
Jody Heemstra Jul 08, 2024
North Dakota governor signs trans athlete bans into law
APRIL 12, 2023: UNDATED (AP)- North Dakota's Republican Gov. Doug Burgum has signed two transgender athlete bans into law. Transgender girls and women are now prohibited from joining female sports tea...
Jody Heemstra Apr 12, 2023 Justin Brockie / CC