POLK COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — Polk County Sheriff’s Office is warning people of a fake business website selling farm and construction equipment. It’s called Erdmann Equip Group. They’ve received numerous complaints of this company using a Polk County address. People from multiple states say they’ve been scammed from this website. The sheriff’s office says they are actively trying to get…
Farm workers load beans into a grain truck Sept. 28, 2025, in Wells County, N.D. (Photo by Lora Wobbema/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The Bank of North Dakota is developing a disaster relief program to help agricultural producers in the state survive the current crisis in the industry. The program will work with local banks…
Riverview’s Campbell Dairy in Wilkin County, Minnesota, on July 10, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)FARGO (North Dakota Monitor) — An international organization that seeks to protect water quality in the Red River will conduct a review of two large dairy projects underway in North Dakota. The provincial government of Manitoba announced in a news release that the International…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says he won’t submit to the Trump administration as the White House blocks funding for Democratic-led states during the federal government shutdown. In an attempt to put pressure on Democrats and end the stalemate, the Trump administration cut funding to Democratic-led states. That included $8 billion in climate funding for states including…
All different kinds of organic sugars are displayed on shelves at a grocery store in Deerfield, Ill., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The price of most organic food could jump this fall due to new policies and tariffs on imported organic sugar, frustrating manufacturers who say the actions won’t help sugar growers but…
Agricultural economist John Newton, right, answers questions from Don Wick of the Red River Farm Network at the Big Iron farm show in West Fargo, North Dakota, on Sept. 10, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)WEST FARGO, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota soybean growers rely heavily on exports to China, but with harvest on the horizon, those…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR)– USDA releases the second round of livestock disaster assistance for losses from flooding and wildfire. They are providing $1 billion to livestock producers to help offset increased supplemental feed costs as a result of qualifying wildfires or floods in 2023 and 2024. This second round brings the total livestock set-aside to $2 billion. The Emergency Livestock Relief…
EAST of ENDERLIN, ND – June 23, 2025: A tornado on June 20, 2025, bent signs and destroyed a shelter belt along N.D. Route 46, about 3 miles east of Enderlin, N.D.BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota is still waiting on a response to its request for federal disaster relief to help communities damaged by June tornadoes. Gov….
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — This year marks the 45th annual Big Iron Farm and Construction Show. With over nine hundred booths, training sessions, and demonstrations, the show provides farmers and industrial workers a chance to learn. “We’re celebrating our twentieth year anniversary, and our mission is to help farm and ranch families in crisis due to injury, illness, and…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — It’s a done deal in Grand Forks. Representatives from Agristo, a Belgium based potato company, and city officials have signed a development agreement. Agristo is expected to break ground on their first North American facility on the north side of Grand Forks later this year and begin construction in 2026. Production at the $450 million…
