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THE NEW FORTYThe Year of the Farmer...
I don't know exactly when the interest in the Super Bowl advertisements eclipsed the actual football game, but for a good decade or so Super Bowl ads have become a much fiercer competition than the bi...
2/4/13 at 9:40 PM
FATHER KNOWS LASTNorth Dakota Wheat Harvest
Fall is always a time of excitement when you live on a farm. Each year becomes a race against time to get the crop harvested before winter arrives. There is also a sense of urgency involved, as the ...
9/3/12 at 10:29 AM
NEW PLATEAUSProblem Solved? #2 Meat-eating
I like meat; you like meat. Most everyone likes meat.But there are problems with being carnivores: scarcity, price, and (scoff if you must) there's that whole moral issue. Back in May, I introduced a...
8/23/12 at 8:58 AM
FARGO SCHOOL TALKDavies world language students spring into action
March was National Foreign Languages Month. In recognition, the Davies World Language Department organized a school-wide fundraiser to raise money for Heifer International. For more than 65 years, ...
3/30/12 at 11:55 AM
EAST METRO WATER - TIPS AND TALES FOR KEEPING WATER CLEANFarmWise pilot project a winning idea
When my husband and I finally headed to Babies R Us to create a gift registry for the future Baby Hong, I was overwhelmed and horrified. Why dont we start in the front corner of the store, Gary sugges...
11/14/11 at 12:11 PM
THE FLENSBURGER FILESBergen, Minnesota
After a brief hiatus due to non-column related commitments, we are now back on track to start you on the tour of the German-named villages in Minnesota. We'll start off with the first town on the li...
1/23/11 at 5:26 AM
NORTH DAKOTA OUTDOORS AND BEYONDit's busy in the field..& not just hunting
North Dakotahunters are reminded to be cautious of farmers and ranchers who are currently busy with fall farm duties, including harvesting crops, moving cattle and hauling bales. Jeb Williams, wildli...
10/14/10 at 5:39 PM
STAFF BLOGTHE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYONDDelta Sky update and today's Ask Your Government
The new issue of Delta Sky magazine featuring North Dakota is now available online. Go to deltaskymag.delta.com and find the Read the Magazine box. Click on Read the Current Edition. The piece starts ...
10/3/10 at 9:57 AM Harvest Hotline activated 8/10/10 at 10:59 AM
STAFF BLOGAGWEEKFarming revolution 'route to water security'
[LONDON] Investing in agricultural infrastructure, from roads to fertilisers, will cut water wastage on a scale greater than any other intervention and is the best way to solve the world's water probl...
9/16/10 at 9:52 AM Philippines: RP's first organic agriculture school to rise in Zamboanga 9/14/10 at 8:52 AM
Wild rice management 9/2/10 at 8:30 AM
HEALTHY TIDBITSHealthy Eating, Substainable Farming
The Lake Superior Sustainbable Farming Association is a great organization that I have belonged to in years past.It is a non-profit, and they put on many wonderful events in the community. Examples th...
4/24/10 at 10:18 AM Substainable Farming 2/19/10 at 12:07 PM
SAMSON PHOTOGRAPHYGolden harvest
Retired farmer Bud Tehven watches the late summer wheat harvest now taken over by his son, Doug, on farmland north of West Fargo....
2/18/10 at 2:26 PM
WILDWINGSIs wind corporate farming?
I don't know who Dennis Stillings is. But he recently wrote an editorial in the Valley City (ND) Times-Record newspaper which is worth thinking about. He takes a swing or two at the still-nascent wind...
9/25/09 at 6:32 AM
REPUBLIC INSIDERCorn yield forecast at record high
You know it's a strange summer in South Dakota when your sprinkler-less lawn never goes brown. It seems like every time the ground has gotten even the slightest bit dry this summer, we've received mor...
9/11/09 at 4:51 AM
FAR SIDE OF FIFTYWistful Wednesday: 1908
A penny postcard from 1908. Mailed from Park Rapids Minnesota to Linnell PO Minnesota. Mailed to Meadys older brother Frank. Frank was the oldest boy in his family, I don't know exactly w...
8/5/09 at 5:03 AM
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