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The Hunter Hanson fraud in 2018 resulted in a shift of regulatory authority of grain from the North Dakota Public Service Commission to the North Dakota Agriculture Department. A bill going through the 2021 Legislature would move more control from the courts to the North Dakota agriculture commissioner.

The Montana Department of Livestock announced on Wednesday that an animal in a Madison County cattle herd, within Montana's brucellosis Designated Surveillance Area, has been confirmed positive for brucellosis.

Jeremy Frost is seeking $8.5 million in a National Grain and Feed Association arbitration against Indigo Ag of Memphis. Indigo Ag has asked a federal judge to deny Jeremey Frost’s request to dismiss their lawsuit against him and his Fearless Grain Marketing company. The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission so far has not sued Frost and Fearless in a state/county court for allegedly buying and selling grain without a license. Amanda Reiss, SDPUC attorney, says the agency hasn’t yet filed ...

The United States biofuels industry is regrouping after being dealt two court defeats in a little more than a week.

Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions, an offshoot of Summit Agriculture Group, is behind the $4.5 billion Midwest Carbon Express project, with the goal of sending 12 millions tons of CO2 annually to western North Dakota, where it can be stored underground. It would be the largest carbon capture project in the world.

In a press conference Monday, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., spoke of the legislation she is working on to advance biofuel blends by making infrastructure investments available and by working with the EPA to expand the market for biofuels.

The project, headed by Archer Daniels Midland, is on time and on budget at the Spiritwood Energy Park east of Jamestown, said Mike Keller, vice president at ADM.

Grants from the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources have been distributed in areas directly affecting impaired waters. 53 lakes, and segments of rivers and streams are proposed for delisting this year.

The Specialty Soya and Grains Alliance named Rob Prather of Global Processing as its new board chair and voted in a new member to its board of directors.

Topics at the grower seminars include sugarbeet diseases, weeds and insect pests.