Producer representatives to the North Dakota Wheat Commission (NDWC) discussed their priorities for funding commission activities at the Annual Meeting for County Representatives in Bismarck last week.  Research remains the top program area for producers with emphasis on breeding new varieties, maintaining quality and strong agronomics, and exploring new technologies in wheat breeding and research.  [...]

At approximately 11:00 pm on 12/20/2011, a Stutsman Co. Deputy came in contact with a vehicle that was believed to be operated by a Jonathan Lee Oliver D.O.B. 8/6/72.  Oliver was wanted out of the State of Oregon for absconding from probation and failure to appear on fraud charges.  He was also believed to be [...]

News from the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association ~ Serving the potato industry in North Dakota and Northwest Minnesota ~  www.nppga.org December 1 Potato Stocks Down 10% in North Dakota  and 5% in Minnesota Compared to One Year Ago NORTH DAKOTA – North Dakota growers, dealers and processors held 12.6 million hundredweight (cwt) of potatoes [...]

(Aberdeen, SD) — South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard and Secretary of Agriculture Walt Bones got a first-hand look at Wheat Growers’ operations this week. Governor Daugaard and Secretary Bones toured the Wheat Growers cooperative headquarters in Aberdeen and traveled to Andover to see one of the cooperative’s newest and state-of-the-industry grain handling facilities in operation. [...]