FARM
STAFF BLOG AG RIGHT WITH AGWEEK REPORTER JONATHAN KNUTSON Farming, pheasants and working together
If you hunt pheasants, Hettinger County (N.D.) is a cross between Nirvana and Valhalla. "Hettinger County has long been recognized for its excellent hunting. We live in the center of what is arguably...
Posted on 5/8/13 at 10:29 AM
FARMBLEAT I fought the tree and the tree won
You know those safety messages that flood the media during the spring planting and fall harvest seasons? Farmers get in a hurry to put the crop in the ground after the snow melts and then get the crop...
Posted on 4/29/13 at 7:09 PM
REPUBLIC INSIDER Lentsch to replace Bones at SD Ag Department
Walt Bones is headed back to his family farming operation in rural Parker, and a familiar face and name in South Dakota Republican Party politics will replace him at the helm of the state Agriculture ...
Posted on 4/2/13 at 12:11 PM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Political notebook: Minnesota budget clash continues to grow
By Don Davis Gov. Mark Daytons budget proposal continues to play out in interesting ways, usually with Republicans strongly opposed and Democrats more mildly in support. Rep. Matt Dean, R-Dellwood, ...
Posted on 2/4/13 at 11:11 AM
FATHER KNOWS LAST It Was Just a Tractor
I can still feel the cold cast iron in my right hand. My brain is still programmed to move my hand without thinking, making me one with a machine that is now long gone. I haven't seen the machine in...
Posted on 1/13/13 at 7:13 PM
ND grape growers get $80,000 in state funding to develop wine industry 
The North Dakota grape industry is toasting victories in the state Legislature, even though the emerging industry didn’t get all the funding it sought.
By Mikkel Pates, Forum News Service , May 03, 2013
Ag calendar (May 3)
FARGO – North Dakota State University and Riding on Angels’ Wings are co-hosting a Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International workshop June 20-22 at NDSU and a certification program June 22-23 at ROAW.
By Forum staff reports , May 03, 2013
Square dance calendar (May 3)
By Forum staff reports , May 03, 2013
Sensible Home: Backup generators power houses during storms, brownouts
Dear Jim: There have been some power outages, so I am considering getting a backup generator. What are the best types to get to take care of the entire house? Can I run it continuously to lower my electric bills?
– Jon H.
By James Dulley , May 03, 2013
Obsessive-compulsive canines
Dear Dr. Fox: Recently, I adopted a stray dog from the Humane Society. He is 8 years old, and part Lhasa apso, part poodle. He’s a very sweet and bright animal.
By By Dr. Michael Fox , April 26, 2013
Ferns popular as house plant, ceramic pattern
Most people have heard about the bout of “Tulipmania” that spread through the Netherlands in the 17th century, but few know about “Pteridomania,” or fern madness.
By By Terry Kovel , April 26, 2013
Fear, panic can be difficult for farm people
‘The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” President Franklin Delano Roosevelt reassured Americans in his first inaugural address following onset of the Great Depression.
This maxim is one of the best for us to remember when we cope with unreasonable fears or anxiety.
By By Mike Rosmann , April 26, 2013
Freezer meals take heat off daily cooking
In the Midwest, most of us have been looking out our windows at a giant walk-in deep freeze since late fall. I think most would agree that we are ready for the outdoors to go through a “defrost cycle.”
By Julie Garden-Robinson , April 26, 2013
Rising prices, late spring could help generate interest in flax
Park River, N.D., farmer Mark Hylden has been growing flax for nearly 40 years. He’s strongly committed to the crop, which three generations of his family have raised.
By By Jonathan Kuntson , April 26, 2013
News book explores decline of small towns
FARGO – Hiram Drache, the author of several books on the region’s and nation’s agricultural history, has written a “microstory” about the rise and decline of his own hometown in southeast Minnesota.
By By Mikkel Pates , April 26, 2013
Toy collection not child’s play
Man’s trove of toy tractors reflects his love of farming
John “Bud” Wisnewski’s workshop is something more like Santa’s workshop, the walls lined with shelves of toy tractors, implements, cars, planes and other machinery.
By John Lamb , April 26, 2013
‘Sold’ on success
LISBON, N.D. – Dale Haugen was working an on-again, off-again construction job back in 1982, with way too much “off” as far as he was concerned.
By Helmut Schmidt , April 19, 2013
Vinegar cures dog’s warts
Dear Dr. Fox: In the paper a couple of months ago, you answered a letter from someone inquiring about black spots on her dog’s skin. You said they were probably warts and to spray the spots with apple cider vinegar.
By By Dr. Michael Fox , April 19, 2013
Cobalt-blue bottles eye-catching favorite among new collectors
A window shelf that holds a collection of cobalt-blue bottles attracts attention, so many new collectors buy their bottles by color.
By By Terry Kovel , April 19, 2013
Are farmers and ranchers happy?
On Sept. 11, 2011, Michele Payn-Knoper of Cause Matters Corp., in Lebanon, Ind., wrote, “After a decade of working with agricultural advocacy, I’ve heard thousands of complaints from farmers and ranchers across the U.S. and Canada. Frankly, it’s tiring.
By By Mike Rosmann , April 19, 2013
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