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With the newly registered Dicamba products, we take a look at the rise in complaints about off-target drift in the region.
Agriculture

Amid dicamba uncertainty, Enlist soybeans may be a popular option

Bottles of prescription painkiller OxyContin, 40mg pills, made by Purdue Pharma L.D. sit on a shelf at a local pharmacy, in Provo, Utah, U.S., April 25, 2017. REUTERS/George Frey/File Photo
Agriculture

Drug overdose deaths increase during pandemic, hit rural areas

John Wicks II of Osakis, Minn., checks a 27-acre cornfield he has entered in the National Corn Growing Contest. At 81, he’s hopeful, but not overconfident in the yield results, but said a contest helps him improve. Photo taken Oct. 20, 2020, near Osakis, Minn. Mikkel Pates / Agweek
Agriculture

At 81, Wicht still revved for farming race

Agriculture

Entrepreneur turns farmer

More farmers are using financial tools to market their crops, especially corn and soybeans. (Erin Ehnle Brown / Grand Vale Creative LLC)
Agriculture

Farmers make more use of financial tools, USDA says

Argentina is the first country in the world to approve GMO wheat, and recently approved a drought-resistant variety called HB4. (Agweek / Mikkel Pates)
Agriculture

Argentina becomes first country to approve GMO wheat

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz talks with Chris Hanson, general manager of the POET Biorefining plant in Preston, Minn. on Oct. 24. Walz stopped at the site on a tour of southern Minnesota in support of Joe Biden. Noah Fish / Forum News Service
Agriculture

Walz touts ethanol production as he stumps for Biden

A Donald Trump political message is engraved into the grass at a farm in southeast Minnesota. The state hasn't backed a GOP presidential candidate since Richard Nixon in 1972. Noah Fish / Forum News Service
Agriculture

Gauging presidential support in rural Minnesota

Cattle feed and rest on a farm in Davison County west of Mitchell. (Matt Gade / Republic)
Agriculture

SD farmers have received more than $350M in second round of CFAP payments

Some of the South Dakota 4-H Ambassadors for 2020-21, from left, include: Ella Stiefvater of McCook County, Logan Tlam of Davison County, Emily Robbins of Brookings County, Isabelle Mairose of Brule County, Colton Wicks of Lake County, Cassie Richarz of Hamlin County. Not all ambassadors were available for the photo. (South Dakota 4-H photo)
Agriculture

SD 4-H selects State Ambassador team for 2020-21

(Republic file photo)
Agriculture

SD FFA members earn American degrees

Dry peas are drawing more interest from U.S. consumers and farmers. (Photo supplied by USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council.)
Agriculture

Outlook improves for lentils, dry peas

Kenny Johnson and his cousin, Al Johnson, started Elkhorn Farms, a 20,000-acre farming venture, partly on land Kenny Johnson used to lease to Ron McMartin Jr. Mikkel Pates/ Forum News Service
Agriculture

McM trustee loses $740K claim against North Dakota landowner

Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., was one of the original members of the “Blue Dog Coalition” members, in a group of conservative-leaning Democrats who in the “Republican Revolution” in the 1994 election said they left outside the party when it shifted to the left. Photo taken Oct. 13, 2020, at Detroit Lakes, Minn. Mikkel Pates / Agweek
Agriculture

Trump effect looms over Minnesota race, future of House ag chair

Phil Reed, first-year owner and grower of Root River Gardens, a hemp farm in Lanesboro, Minn., works with Luis Hummel, who's serving as Reed's consultant. Noah Fish / Forum News Service
Agriculture

Minn. hemp farmer banned from having license settles into new role

(Metro Creative)
Agriculture

Letter: 4-H offers much to members

Agriculture

Peterson vs. Fischbach in Minnesota's 7th District

McLean County State's Attorney Ladd Erickson talks about scams and confidence schemes during a session at the North Dakota Stockmen's Association convention on Oct. 10, 2020, in Bismarck, N.D. (Jenny Schlecht / Agweek)
Agriculture

Longtime prosecutor gives tips on avoiding scams, cons

In this file photo, the carnival is pictured at the South Dakota State Fair in Huron. Matt Gade / Forum News Service
Government and Politics

SD State Fair attendance falls off by 47% during pandemic

South Dakota has long been known for high quality genetics in its feeder cattle and that's on display here for the next several weeks as the fall run starts.
Agriculture

Fall cattle run is like Christmas in South Dakota

Minnesota will receive nearly $550,000 through a federal program meant to combat the spread of a deer-killing disease, federal officials announced Thursday, Oct. 15. Forum News Service file photo
Agriculture

CWD found at Houston County farm; herd of 49 to be killed for investigation