Beef Talk: The winner - the heavier-conditioned, large steer with no muscle

What does it mean when the highest total dollar value received per carcass from a set of steers goes to the steer with the least muscle? He wins the class, despite his heavier-conditioned, overly large carcass with poor muscle, but he graded choice.

NDSU hosting 86th Little International on campus

FARGO (AP) — What's billed as the largest student-run agricultural event in North Dakota is getting under way in Fargo.

Seed corn in tight supply for farmers

ST. PAUL (AP) — A tight supply of seed corn is a growing concern for Minnesota farmers as spring planting approaches.

Hats off to man’s cap collection

Breckenridge, Minn. - Dave Conzemius has a different cap for every day of the year.

• Dave Conzemius

Twice-a-week watering too much in winter

Q: I had nine dogwoods professionally planted in December. They obviously are dormant (no leaves, just buds). The company did a great job treating the soil and placing mulch around the trees. The company recommended I water each tree twice a week for 10 minutes. I worry about causing rot, which will allow fungus and worms to attack because our soil has so much clay in it.

Pet Care: Collie mix having ‘accidents’

Dear Dr. Fox: We have a border collie mix who is about 15 months old. She was spayed at 6 months and seems to be in good health. We feed her Halo dry food and one cup cooked food as per your recipe, along with chondroitin and glucosamine supplements.

Val Farmer: Readers respond to news of Farmer’s retirement

This article offers varied reader reaction to Val Farmer’s retirement.

Prairie Fare: Use coupons wisely for best savings

“I found my coupon box!” I exclaimed. I began looking through the coupons in the recipe box. I noted that most expired in 1998 or 1999, although I found a few gems marked “no expiration date.”

Kovels Antiques: Sailors made ‘shell pictures’ for valentines

Valentine’s Day has been celebrated for centuries. By the 1790s, romantic cards were being given to that “special” person. The idea of cards and gifts has continued, and collectors search for all types of valentines of the past – everything from pasted-together lacy cards and “mechanical” cards that pop open into a 3-D display, to very modern talking cards.

• Sailor's valentine

Moorhead woman embraces life of travel and learning

MOORHEAD - Play a game of connect the dots with the places Jane Gudmundson’s life has taken her, she will likely have you beat.

• Jane Gudmundson
• Woofing it

NDSU a partner in $1 million energy beet development project

FARGO - A project that will develop an advanced biofuel from energy beets and provide growers across North Dakota with a new industrial crop is taking another important step forward, fueled by a significant two-year North Dakota Renewable Energy Council grant.

ADM closing North Dakota ethanol plant in April

WALHALLA, N.D. — Archer Daniels Midland Co. is closing its ethanol plant in the northeastern North Dakota city of Walhalla in April, putting 61 people out of work.

ND Pork Producers holding convention in Jamestown

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) — Hog ranchers from across North Dakota are gathering in Jamestown.

ND farm group opposing oil taxes for outdoors

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota's Farm Bureau says it will fight a proposed initiative that would require spending oil tax money on wildlife and conservation projects.

Hard spring wheat show set in Williston this week

WILLISTON, N.D. — Wheat — not oil — is the subject of a big convention getting under way in Williston.