Tag: North Dakota
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Mediation services give farmers options
By Lana Bandoim What happens when farm family members can’t agree about what to do with a family business or an inheritance? Both North and South Dakota offer mediation services than can help two parties resolve their issues. Mediation is a negotiation that is conducted by a neutral third party. Jodi Bechard, director of…
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STUDY: South Dakota on low end of participation in farm-to-school programs; North Dakota near national average
(NPN) – Though one of the most agriculture-dependent states in the nation, South Dakota is among a group of states that have the lowest percentage of schools participating in farm-to-school activities, according a new USDA report. Twenty-four percent of South Dakota school districts that reported to the USDA said they had some sort of farm-to-school…
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STUDY: Dakotans are ‘friendly and conventional’
South Dakotans and Midwesterners comprise a region that is “friendly and conventional,” according to a new social psychology study.
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REPORT: Heavy Snow, Rain Help Drought in S.D.
(NPN) – Though it was way too much of a good thing, recent snow and rains greatly improved South Dakota’s drought situation. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, heavy and record setting precipitation fell this past week in the High Plains Region. In South Dakota, a blizzard set several snowfall records, including in Rapid City, which had a snowfall measurement of 23.1…
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INFOGRAPHIC: The math of the Medicaid expansion
See how the two Dakotas would fare if they chose to expand Medicaid, and who is left out if they do not.
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Dealing with weeds is likely to require new thinking as herbicide resistance spreads
Farmers across the country face a dilemma as herbicides that once killed off the weeds that compete with their crops lose effectiveness in the face of herbicide-resistant weeds.
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New transmission line would increase capacity
A new electrical transmission line may be coming to the horizon near you.
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New program wants input from schools to improve Farm to School programs
Does your school have a school garden? Does your food service use locally grown specialty crops like fresh vegetables and fruits for school lunches? We want to know.
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FiredUp: Learning to wave, South Dakota-style
People from rural towns always have the impression that people from the big cities are “unfriendly” because we rarely (if ever) wave to strangers as we drive down the highway.
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LaMoure couple takes wedding to nursing home so mother of the groom could be there
Bette Doehler didn’t miss her son’s wedding on Jan. 19. She was there, smiling from her wheelchair, in mother-of-the-bride attire, complete with corsage.