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Noem, in a call with ag groups, farmers and other interested parties on Wednesday, Jan. 6, said the move would ensure that inspectors and regulators who make decisions that impact agriculture have backgrounds in agriculture.

The Winners in the 2021/22 Cornwall Tourism Awards have been announced during online Awards Day.

Two Red Angus cows were found shot in Kidder County, and investigators are hoping someone will bring information forward that leads to arrests and convictions.

United States Sugar Corp., a Florida company that markets sugar cooperatively with Red River Valley sugarbeet growers through United Sugars, is seeking to purchase Imperial Sugar Co. The U.S. Department of Justice is suing to block the purchase. A U.S. Sugar letter says the Justice Department is withholding correspondence with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

University of Minnesota Extension educators explain why this holiday season it's crucial to shop locally in rural communities.

Small town grocery stores struggle, leading to concerns about rural life

South Dakota prosecutors have charged the former manager of the McIntosh-Watauga Equity Exchange with embezzling nearly $50,000 from 2016 to 2020. They say the former manager of the small grain elevator co-op also violated requirements for reporting financial condition to the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission.

Jan Banghart of Banghart Properties LLC of Gettysburg, South Dakota, on Jan. 5 admitted to Nebraska’s Public Service Commission that her company traded Nebraska grain without a license in 2021, but her lawyers balked at the staff’s recommended fine of $870,000.

Oct. 3-9 is National 4-H Week.

Napoleon, North Dakota, cattle buyer Brian Gader faces numerous legal challenges, including a theft charge in a cattle deal, has lost his license to purchase cattle and is accused of failing to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in some cases. With debts in the millions, Gader, 65, says he is "working on" his issues.