Anhydrous Ammonia Is Tough on Human Beings (1/18/02) Anhydrous ammonia can also be a highly effective killer, notes NDSU agricultural safety specialist George Maher. And the extremely cold conditions in Minot will complicate the situation for medical and clean up personnel.
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Sustainable Agriculture Conference Set for Jan. 31 to Feb. 1 in Mandan (1/18/02) Educational sessions on marketing, weed control, entrepreneurship, livestock production, new organic regulations for crops and livestock and other topics will be featured.  MORE

‘The Beef Starts Here’ Meat Quality Workshop Set for Feb. 11 - 13 at NDSU (1/17/02) An intensive three-day workshop on meat quality and consistency in the beef industry will be offered for cattle producers at NDSU. The program helps producers begin thinking about the carcass characteristics and the quality of the cattle they raise.  MORE

Reducing Forage Feed Costs for Third-Trimester Range Cows (1/17/02) Northern Plains beef producers who follow traditional pasture-forage management strategies can reduce production costs by feeding range cows in their third trimester of pregnancy harvested annual cereal or annual legume forage.  MORE

North Dakota’s 529 College Savings Plan (1/17/02) 529 college savings plan could be the answer when planning for your children’s college education.
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Feb. 13 Sheep Day in Hettinger to Highlight Out-of-Season Reproduction (1/17/02) Research at the NDSU Hettinger Research Extension Center has led to consistent breeding success for lambing in the month of September with western white-faced sheep. Results from NDSU and SDSU will be presented.  MORE

Sheep Seminar Set for Feb. 4 at NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center (1/10/02) The seminar begins at 7 p.m. and will focus on ewe nutrition and lamb management.  MORE

BeefTalk: Did You Do Your Best? Did You Have Fun? (1/17/02) Regardless of the financial bottom line, if we can’t answer yes to those two questions there is no reason to have a bottom line.  MORE

Prairie Fare: White or Wheat? (1/17/02) Food and nutrition specialist Julie Garden-Robinson discusses the importance of whole grain products in the diet. She also offers a recipe for Wheat Buns.  MORE

Plains Folk: Arbor Day (1/17/02) Tom Isern tells about the origins of Arbor Day and how it lost its prairie roots on becoming a national observance.  MORE

Hortiscope (1/17/02) Ron Smith answers readers' questions about the world of plants and gardening.  MORE

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