Minnesota plant will produce fertilizer from wind

MORRIS, Minn. (AP) — The winds sweeping across the Northern Plains could soon help farmers fertilize their crops of corn, wheat and sorghum.

Equipment malfunction costs Casselton ethanol plant millions

Casselton, ND (WDAY TV) - A major equipment malfunction has cost the Tharaldson Ethanol Plant in Casselton millions of dollars, forcing the company to buy new equipment to get up to full speed.

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Beet truck driver is charged with negligent homicide for crash that killed a Wahpeton teen

Wahpeton, ND (WDAY TV) - A beet truck driver will soon head to trial for a crash that killed a Wahpeton teen.

Titan Machinery 3rd-quarter results down 30 percent as construction sales lag

FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Fargo-based Titan Machinery Inc. says its third-quarter profit fell 30 percent.

ND Farmers Union head in Copenhagen

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Farmers Union President Robert Carlson is in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the United Nations climate conference.

Goehring restructures ND ag dept

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — State Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says he has restructured his department.

ND commissioner says rail is opportunity

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Brian Kalk predicts renewed interest in railroads.

Dairy farmers tell Congress more must be done

WASHINGTON (AP) — More must be done to address dire conditions facing the dairy industry, farmers told Congress on Tuesday.

ND milk production down in third quarter

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Milk production in North Dakota during July, August and September totaled 95 million pounds, down 8.7 percent from the third quarter of 2008.

John Deere workers get back to work

Valley City, ND (WDAY TV) - Laid-off John Deere workers are back on the job in Valley City. The company says as of Monday, all of the 89 full-time workers laid off this may are back.

Idled ND ethanol plant sold for $92 million

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Gov. John Hoeven says an idled Hankinson ethanol plant that is under bankruptcy protection has been sold to an Arkansas company.

Anaerobic digestion plant studied near Hazen

HAZEN, N.D. (AP) — A Minnesota company is exploring building a plant in central North Dakota that would use bacteria to turn lignite, manure and the leftover liquid from ethanol production into natural gas and fertilizer.

Rosy future still possible for ethanol plants facing tough times

Fergus Falls, Minn. (WDAY TV) - Just a little over a year after it opened, the ethanol plant near Fergus Falls is facing foreclosure and it owes investors more than 60 million dollars.

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Open meetings challenge opposed by ND AG dismissed

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal appeals court has dismissed a Texas case that held potential consequences for open meetings laws in North Dakota and other states.

Indian farmers told not to lose hope over lawsuit

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — American Indian farmers and ranchers involved in a decade-old lawsuit against the federal Agriculture Department were told Thursday not to lose hope.