Organic Grower Pleased Conservation Help Being Provided For Organic Farms

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering assistance through the Conservation Reserve Program to help organic growers establish buffer strips.…

Farm Coalition Calls For No Cuts To Crop Insurance

Late last week a coalition of 58 farm groups including the National Corn Grower’s Association sent a letter to the…

SD Budget Writers Working on Details

While debate continues on bills in both house of the South Dakota Legislature, lawmakers on the Appropriations Committees continue to slog through the numbers.

Pork Executive Not Expecting Much Regulatory Pushback From Summit

Over the weekend, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton held a water summit that drew 800 participants. One of those was Minnesota…

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Chesapeake Bay Case

Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced they won’t hear the Chesapeake Bay Watershed case involving the EPA and the American…

Grain And Feed Group Backs Biotech Labeling Bill

Markup on Senate Ag Chairman Pat Robert’s Voluntary Biotech Labeling Legislation is scheduled for today in the ag committee. National…

Mid America Economy Showing Positive Signs

The Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index for February, a leading economic indicator for a nine-state region stretching from Arkansas to North Dakota, expanded for a second straight month.

NSIC Title Matchups Set

Both #1 seeds were beaten in Monday’s Northern Sun Conference women’s basketball tourney while both #1 seeds advanced to the title game in the men’s bracket.

Nebraska Group Fighting Death Penalty Repeal

Nebraskans for the Death Penalty is planning a “Repeal the Repeal” campaign.

Study Finds Farmers Sitting More Than They Should

Technology is constantly changing the face of farming, but it’s also changing the bodies of farmers themselves, perhaps not for the better.