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Sugarbeet Diseases Appearing in Area Fields (7/03/03) Cercospora leaf spot appearing in area sugarbeet fields.  MORE

Disease Prompts NDSU Vet to Urge Caution for Horse Owners (7/03/03) With an outbreak of Rhinopneumonitis in horses in Ohio earlier this year and several suspected cases in North Dakota, a NDSU veterinarian is encouraging horse owners to be cautious about bringing their horses into contact with other horses.  MORE  AUDIO 1  AUDIO 2

Parents and Teens Should Work Together to Find First Job (7/03/03) Now is the time for parents to teach their teens how to manage and budget that first paycheck, says a North Dakota State University Family Economics specialist.  MORE

Who Can You Trust to Work on Your Trees? (7/03/03) Horticulturist Ron Smith offers tips for finding a certified arborist who can do the job right.  MORE

Carrington Field Day Featuring Cereal Crop and Pest Management (7/03/03) NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center's annual field day on Tuesday, July 15 includes numerous crop and livestock educational sessions.  MORE

Anderson Announces Retirement (7/03/03) Sharon Anderson, after 33 years with the North Dakota State University Extension Service, has announced her retirement effective at the end of the year.  MORE

NDSU Field Day in Minot to Extend Appreciation to the Military on July 16 (7/03/03) Ag Neighbors Day will focus on the production and uses of commonly grown crops in North Dakota.  MORE

Two Thirds of North Dakota Households Have at Least Two Vehicles (7/03/03) That proportion has risen dramatically since 1960 when less than one in four households in the state had more than one vehicle.  MORE

Research Shows Site-specific Farming Is Profitable (7/03/03) Site-specific farming has advantages and is profitable according to recent research.  MORE

USDA Food Safety Mobile to be at the Greater Grand Forks Fair and Exhibition (7/03/03) The USDA Food Safety Mobile is a form of "mobile messaging" to educate and reinforce to consumers the importance of handling food safely.  MORE

Casselton Field Day Set For July 14 (7/03/03) The Casselton Agronomy Seed Farm will hold its annual field day tour Monday, July 14. The tour will be held at the farm, located one mile south of Casselton and one mile west of the frontage road which parallels I-94 on its north side.  MORE



Crop Rotations to be Featured at Farm Tour
(6/27/03) July 10 tour on demonstration-research farm south of Forman, N.D.  MORE

BeefTalk: Know the Numbers When Making Ownership Decisions (7/03/03) Base retained ownership decisions on a good set of numbers, good discussion and a thorough review of retained ownership, advises beef specialist Kris Ringwall.  MORE

Prairie Fare: Men, Is It Time for a Check-up? (7/03/03) Food and nutrition specialist Julie Garden-Robinson discusses nutrition’s role in preventing major health threats to men. She also offers a lycopene-rich recipe for Chili with Beans and Potatoes.  MORE

Plains Folk: Corpus Christi (7/07/03) It’s the 98th annual Corpus Christi procession at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Dazey.  MORE

Hortiscope (7/03/03) Ron Smith answers readers' questions about the world of plants and gardening.  MORE

Market Advisor: Feeder Cattle Price Outlook (6/26/03) Feeder cattle prices in the Northern Plains are currently about $10 per hundredweight higher than last year.  MORE




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