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Community Supported Agriculture: A unique way to get your minimum daily requirement of vegetales

April 5, 2013 in Lake County News-Chronicle

The road winds inland for eight miles through trees and fields to Chelsea Morning Farm. Just beyond a graying weathered fence is a half-round plastic covered greenhouse the first indication of the farm. Continue Reading

Minnesota man builds detailed miniature farm buildings

January 21, 2013 in DL-Online

Dale Svendsgaard, 78, might have found his hobby unintentionally, but a look at the intricately detailed miniature barns, houses and farm buildings he’s created for the past three years suggests he knows what he’s doing. Continue Reading

Cattle are warm-blooded, winter-weather ready

December 20, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

Winter weather woes have not been a major concern for North Dakota’s livestock producers in recent years because of warmer seasons.
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Farm family giving back to the community

August 9, 2012 in Alexandria Echo Press

While farming is one of the leading industries in the Midwest, Max and Lyla Radil do more than just farm they give back.
And on August 9, they were commended for their efforts by being honored as the University of Minnesota’s 2012 Farm Family of the Year at Farmfest. Continue Reading

Faces and Places: Michigan woman paints barn quilt on farmstead building

July 15, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Sylva Daws painted the 8-by-8-foot Star of Eden quilt earlier this month and Greg, her husband, mounted it on a farmstead building on the east side of North Dakota Highway 35, a few miles north of Michigan. Continue Reading

Parents defend putting children to work on farms

July 11, 2012 in The Daily Republic

Illinois man admits risks in agricultural work, but ‘you can’t make rule to stop every accident.’
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Acres of most N.D. crops expected to rebound

March 30, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Acres of most crops are expected to rebound this year in North Dakota in the absence of spring flooding. The Agriculture Department in its annual spring planting report says durum wheat acres are expected to double, to 1.5 million. Last year, much of the state’s prime durum-growing region was flooded. Continue Reading

Report: Minnesota farmers had record profits in 2011

March 28, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

The survey of nearly 2,400 Minnesota farms finds median net farm income reached a record $123,000 last year, up 1 percent. According to the report, higher grain prices and more profitable livestock operations helped improve the 2011 numbers. But stressful weather and lower crop yields limited the gains Continue Reading

Efforts started to photograph, preserve old barns

February 21, 2012 in The Daily Republic

Advocates fear America is ‘losing a connection’ to rural, rustic past.
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Soybean, spring wheat prices down in North Dakota

January 31, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

The Agriculture Department says farmers in January received an average of $7.95 per bushel for the state’s staple crop, spring wheat. This down figure is a decrease of 49 cents from December. Continue Reading