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Safety Is Always First On The School Bus (8/29/02) With school open, children have gone back to riding the bus. Active students, cumbersome school busses, dusky mornings and afternoons all come together to increase the chances of an accident.  MORE

Using Salt in Creep Feed Diets Prevents Over-Consumption (8/29/02) Creep feeding can help beef producers relieve nutrient deficiencies in forages, increase weaning weight and increase profit. However, over-consumption can make the cost greater than returns.  MORE

Average North Dakota Business Added Employees (8/29/02) Businesses continue to get larger in North Dakota, according to the recent Economic Brief released from the North Dakota State Data Center at North Dakota State University.  MORE



Farm Trucks Present Risks at Harvest Time
(8/27/02)  Accidents involving farm trucks happen on and off the road every year, but they increase at harvest time. According to a North Dakota State University agriculture safety expert, many accidents are preventable with some precautions.  MORE

Producers Asked for Biosecurity Opinions in Web Survey (8/27/02) Do agricultural producers think their water, livestock, crops and the U.S. food supply are secure? How might they prepare for or respond to an agroterrorism incident?  MORE

Feedlot Tours To Help Cattlemen Discover Calf Value (8/27/02) A two-day feedlot tour to southwestern Minnesota Oct. 22 - 23 will give North Dakota Cattlemen valuable insight about the value of their calves after weaning or backgrounding. Feedlots on the tour will feature use of byproduct feeds, concrete manure storage, steel buildings for diverting runoff water and total confinement systems.  MORE

Healthy Plants Have Smaller Forage Reductions during Precipitation Shortages (8/27/02) Effective grazing management can help minimize herbage reductions during periods of below- normal precipitation, says range scientist Lee Manske.   MORE

Garfield Comic Strip Art to Raise Money For North Dakota 4-H (8/23/02) Garfield comic strip creator helps raise money for North Dakota 4-H programs.  MORE

Sunflower Field Day at Carrington Sept 5 (8/23/02) Sunflower growers and others interested in the sunflower industry are invited to a field day Sept. 5 at the Carrington REC.  MORE

BeefTalk: Decisions Based on Data Improve Odds, Can Help with Time Crunch (8/29/02) Management takes time, but decisions based on data improve the odds in your favor--for today and the future, says beef specialist Kris Ringwall.  MORE

Prairie Fare: Potato Days Honors a Food with Appeal (8/30/02) A Potato Days festival is an excuse for food and nutrition specialist Julie Garden-Robinson to expound on the spectacular spud.  She also offers a recipe for Potato Dumplings.  MORE

Plains Folk: Cutting Kraut (8/30/02) So often we think of pioneer life as a matter of deprivation and loneliness. This just doesn't match up with the record of such places as St. Mary's. Pioneer life here had a complex calendar and a vital culture. Cabbage day and the fall supper echo that vitality.  MORE

Hortiscope (8/29/02) Ron Smith answers readers' questions about the world of plants and gardening.  MORE

Market Advisor: The Hog Cycle - Revisited (8/22/02) Hog prices and production continue to follow the distinct cyclical and seasonal patterns that have been characteristic of the industry for many years.  MORE




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