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North Dakota Wages Increase, But Lag National Growth (3/7/02) Between 1999 and 2000, average wage per job in North Dakota rose 4 percent, from $23,372 to $24,308. Average wage per job grew faster than inflation, which increased by 3.4 percent between 1999 and 2000. Unfortunately, North Dakota salaries lag behind the national average by approximately 30 percent. MORE North Dakota 4-H Starts Shooting Sports Program (3/7/02) Shooting sports is a part of the new 4-H Outdoor Skills program. Workshops are planned to train volunteers to instruct and assist in the shooting sports program. MORE Conference Will Feature Entrepreneur Stories (3/7/02) A conference set for April 4 and 5 in Bottineau will feature stories of rural entrepreneurs who have turned to alternative crops or activities in improve their financial situation, along with speakers, panels and displays on developing rural businesses and adding value to existing and new crops. MORE
BeefTalk: Beef Production Equation Involves Bull, Cow Qualities (3/7/02) EPDs are useful and important tools but need to be kept in perspective. If you pick up a screwdriver, you don’t become a mechanic. In the same vein, using EPDs doesn’t make a person an animal breeder. Why? Welcome to the world of cows. MORE Prairie Fare: Mushroom Hunting (3/7/02) Technically, mushrooms are a kind of fungi, a family that includes mold -- a description your guests may find less than appetizing. On a tastier note, mushrooms are used as vegetables on the menu, says food and nutrition specialist Julie Garden-Robinson. She offers nutritional background on this favored fungus and a mushroom-rich recipe for Beef Stroganoff. MORE Plains Folk: The Saga of Seaman (3/7/02) One member of the Lewis and Clark expedition was a dog named Seaman, who disappears from the journals during the return trip. Tom Isern is happy to learn that he did not disappear from the expedition. MORE Hortiscope (3/7/02) Ron Smith answers readers' questions about the world of plants and gardening. MORE Market Advisor: Analyzing Crop Insurance and Marketing Tool Combinations (3/7/02) Crop insurance and marketing tools are among the basic building blocks of most strategies to manage production and price risk. They can be evaluated in an easy-to-use spreadsheet program, which can be downloaded from the Internet. MORE |
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