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NDSU Partners in Natural Resource Education Project (1/7/02) NDSU will participate with seven colleges and universities in a natural resources education project aimed primarily at four tribal college communities in the middle Missouri River watershed.  MORE



Crop Budgets Show Lower Costs for 2002, but Loan Rate Question Looms
(1/4/02) Lower interest rates and prices for fuel and nitrogen fertilizer will help producers cope with low crop prices in 2002 but the level of government support is uncertain, according to farm management specialist Andrew Swenson.  MORE

24th Annual Zero Till Workshop Set For January (1/3/02) "Farming for soil and water quality" is the theme for this year’s Manitoba-North Dakota Zero Tillage Farmers Association annual meeting.  MORE

Farmers and Ranchers Sought for Involvement in NDSU Farm Management Class (1/3/02) As part of an advanced farm management course, students will work with about 10 farmers and ranchers in North Dakota and Minnesota to develop integrated farm business plans. Potential cooperators should be located within 150 miles of Fargo and have basic records including balance sheets and income statements.  MORE

Household Size Declines in North Dakota (1/3/02) North Dakota had 257,152 households in 2000. Nearly two-thirds, 64.1 percent, of these households were comprised of one or two persons only. The increase in the proportion of one and two-person households in North Dakota is a result of the growing proportion of elderly in the state.  MORE

BeefTalk: Inventory Count Is Essential to Write Profit, Loss Equation (1/3/02) Well-run businesses remove products with poor demand, even at prices below cost, in order to replace inventory with profitable products. Beef producers need to apply the same principles.  MORE

Prairie Fare: An Adventure for the Tastebuds (1/3/02) Americans’ growing taste for ethnic foods is one of the major trends in the food industry. Food and nutrition specialist Julie Garden-Robinson says increasing the variety in our diet is always a good idea because it increases our chances of getting all the nutrients needed by the body. She also offers a recipe for Stir-fry Beef with Vegetables.  MORE

Plains Folk: Doc Olson’s Rock Garden (1/3/02) The stone citadel-playground is the Rock Garden Park, owned and maintained today by the city of Wyndmere, but it did not originate as a public place. This striking stone environment was the whimsical creation of a country doctor who wanted to do something remarkable for his family.  MORE

Hortiscope (1/3/02) Ron Smith answers readers' questions about the world of plants and gardening.  MORE




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