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Farm in the Dell Hosts First Fall Festival Day

Another Fall Festival day is planned for September 27.

MOORHEAD, MN – A fall-themed event out in Moorhead helped raise money and awareness for a local nonprofit. Farm in the Dell of the Red River Valley held their first Fall Festival day. There was a farmer’s market, barrel rides, and lots more. Farm in the Dell helps those with disabilities by providing them with purposeful work and life experience…

Lil’ Bitz Pumpkin Patch Opens for Season

The family endeavor promises all the traditional Fall favorites, from horse rides to a petting zoo.

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fall is here, and that means it’s time to get everybody out to the pumpkin patch. One of the most popular patches in the area had its opening day on Saturday. Lil’ Bitz Pumpkin Patch, located on the Hoglund family farm northwest of Fargo, began welcoming guests at 11:00 A.M. There’s activities for the entire…

Farmers Business Network Helps Family Farms Cut Costs

The e-commerce platform has a variety of ways they keep prices low.

WEST FARGO, N.D. – If you’re a farmer, and you’re looking to reduce your ever-rising costs – there may be a way to do so that you haven’t heard of just yet. “Farmers Business Network is an e-commerce platform, similar to Amazon, but exclusively for farmers and farmer crop inputs,” explained Tim Bjordal, account executive for FBN. This primary fulfillment…

Farmers Union moves congressional focus to farm bill

JAMESTOWN, ND (KVRR/North Dakota Farmers Union) – North Dakota Farmers Union (NDFU) members will urge Congress to focus on a new farm bill next week when they join hundreds of family farmers and ranchers on Capitol Hill for the National Farmers Union Legislative Fly-in, Sept. 11-13. The current farm bill, written in 2018, is set to expire Sept. 30. While…

Rep. Michelle Fischbach tours Clay County farm amid drought

BARNESVILLE, Minn. (KVRR) – Rep. Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota’s 7th District visited a Clay County farm Tuesday to get a firsthand look at the challenges farmers are facing during the drought. Four miles outside of Barnesville, brothers Jake and Nathan Thompson operate Four Hill Farms, Inc. “It’s a challenge. Where we’re at here now is probably as good in the…

Gov. Burgum addresses state agricultural leaders on severe drought conditions

Some of the hardest hit areas are farms that specialize in small grain crops.

NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) — North Dakota’s severe drought conditions are causing hardships in the agriculture industry “Our two worst years were 1980 and 1988. It just never rained. We’ve had a little more rain on our farm than those two years, but I can equate this year to that,” Kevin Skunes from the North Dakota Corn Growers Association said. After…