GLYNDON, Minn. — We’re in the thick of baby animal season, and you’re invited to get up close and personal with them at one of the region’s working farms. The folks at That’s the Dream Farm have a series of public events coming up this spring and summer, including a chance to work with their brand-new baby chickens. The bird…
Kristen Knudtson of the North Dakota state office of the Farm Service Agency, looks at a farm acreage report that was scanned after being filled out by hand by a farmer. The agency is using a new system to speed up processing of acreage reporting maps. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — It’s 2026 and…
Minnesota led the nation in farm bankruptcies for the first quarter of 2026. Farm bankruptcies are climbing nationwide, with Midwest farmers hit particularly hard. (Photo illustration by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Minnesota led the country in farm bankruptcies during the first quarter of 2026, continuing last year’s steady nationwide climb that was particularly steep for Midwest farmers. Eight Minnesota…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — A cooperative agreement has been reached between UND’s Energy & Environment Research Center and the Department of Energy. It will deliver $25 million over five years to support the center’s research projects, including the Crack the Code 2.0 initiative. The agreement supports EERC’s efforts across a wide range of cutting-edge research projects, like the work it’s…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Kelly Armstrong has signed an executive order declaring an emergency and granting a waiver of hours of service for drivers hauling fertilizer and other ag inputs. The order says severe supply issues resulting from Midwestern states using the same resources for fertilizer are causing logistical challenges. It is placing a strain on the state’s anhydrous…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins is outlining work to lower fertilizer prices for the nation’s farmers. She was joined by Sen. John Hoeven, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and others. They highlighted both long and short-term efforts to help lower fertilizer costs and support the nation’s producers. Hoeven talked about Dakota Gasification Company’s production of fertilizers in North…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government. The order signed by Todd Blanche does not legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use under federal law….
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — A USDA reorganization plan is good news for North Dakota. The state will gain 45 additional Agricultural Research Service employees and 10 new research projects totaling nearly $29 million. The research is being reassigned from Maryland’s Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. Sen. John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, says the reorganization includes moving two…
FARGO — It’s still not quite warm enough to start breaking ground on the veggie garden for tomato lovers… but there is something that’s already growing fast this spring. That’s the latest expansion of the nonprofit project, Growing Together Community Gardens. And this year, their latest lot — at up to more than ten locations and counting — is sprawling…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Farmers have been hit by spiking fertilizer and fuel prices as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran disrupts global trade and supplies, but a North Dakota ag group is trying to work on a long-term solution to fertilizer shortages. The North Dakota Grain Growers Association is urging federal policymakers to change the rules of a…
