April good month for Wis., Minn. dairy farmers

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — April was an especially good month for dairy farmers in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

At least 70 hogs killed in New Prague barn fire

NEW PRAGUE, Minn. (AP) - At least 70 hogs died as a fire destroyed a barn in New Prague (prayg).

Ranchers battle against high river levels during calving season

Ransom County, ND (WDAY TV) - While so many of us are breathing a sigh of relief following the weekend crest, some living south and west of here are battling ice jams and high water. The National Weather Service says the Sheyenne could go up to 19-and-a-half or 20-feet because of an ice jam at the Highway-32 Bridge. Lisbon is protected to 21-feet and for farmers and ranching preparing for calving season, a living is all hitched to the river levels falling.

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Ranchers urged to move animals from low areas

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is urging ranchers in flood-prone parts of the state to move animals from low-lying areas to higher ground.

USDA: 6 pigs tested positive for H1N1

WASHINGTON (AP) — Final tests confirm that six pigs from the Minnesota State Fair contracted swine flu, three more than initial research had indicated.

Low milk prices have dairy farmers killing cows

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After burning through $1 million in savings and seeing no end to their losses, dairy farmers Jake and Lori Slegers figured they didn't have much choice — they had to kill the cows.

Man says he'll auction ND ranch mineral rights

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Montana man who threatened to mine gravel on the Badlands ranch where Theodore Roosevelt once ran his cattle says he'll auction the mineral rights.

Rancher aid deadline arrives

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Friday is the last day for ranchers to apply for disaster relief money from the North Dakota Stockmen's Association and the North Dakota Stockmen's Foundation.