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International Crop Expo is Feb. 20-21 at Alerus Center (1/25/02) The International Crop Expo set for Feb. 20 and 21 at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks provides educational sessions and commercial exhibits on a variety of crops. MORE SBARE Meeting Cancelled (1/25/02) The meeting will be held at a later date. Notification will be sent out once a new date has been determined. MORE
Tile Drainage Workshops Scheduled (1/24/02) A two-day seminar on design and use of tile drainage to relieve problems with excess water is scheduled for Crookston, Minn. Feb. 26 and 27. MORE Advanced Crop Advisers Workshop Set Feb. 21-22 in Fargo (1/24/02) A two-day workshop for professional crop advisors is scheduled for Feb. 21 and 22 at NDSU. MORE North Dakota Tax Revenues Up 5.9 percent in 2000 (1/24/02) North Dakota collected $1.172 billion in state government taxes in 2000, an increase of 5.9 percent from the $1.106 billion collected in 1999, according to the recent Economic Brief released from the North Dakota State Data Center. MORE Tri-State Cow-Calf Management School Scheduled for Amidon Feb. 19 - 20 (1/24/02) The workshop will update cow-calf producers on range management, nutrition, reproduction and other topics. It will also include time for one-on-one consultation between participants and instructors from NDSU, SDSU and MSU. MORE Sunflower Day Scheduled at Carrington Feb.14 (1/24/02) The annual Sunflower Day educational program for producers and crop advisors is set for Feb. 14 at the NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center. MORE Marketing Clubs Teach Risk Management Skills (1/24/02) Many farmers facing challenging economic times are forming and joining marketing clubs as a way to sharpen risk management skills. MORE
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. 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 BeefTalk: Bull Sale Season Has Begun; Start Your EPDs (1/24/02) There are good bulls, acceptable bulls and bulls that should be steers. The trick is to know the difference. Sorting them out requires producers to do some homework, and start looking at the Expected Progeny Differences (commonly called EPDs). MORE Prairie Fare: What’s in a Name? (1/24/02) Food and nutrition specialist Julie Garden-Robinson spells out the difference between yams and sweet potatoes and offers a recipe for Peachy Sweet Potatoes. MORE Plains Folk: Lone Wolf (1/24/02) Tom Isern visits a Kiowa cemetery in Oklahoma and ponders the lives of those buried there and the history of the Kiowa on the plains. MORE Hortiscope (1/24/02) Ron Smith answers readers' questions about the world of plants and gardening. MORE Market Advisor: Herbicide-Tolerant Soybeans Gain Wide Acceptance (1/24/02) Crops economist George Flaskerud gives highlights of a USDA study on the farm-level effects of adopting those soybeans. MORE |
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