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Grassy Meadow Ranch owners Dave and Karissa Daws decided shortly after they founded their cattle business north of Michigan in 2011 to move the calving start date from early spring to early winter.

President Joe Biden and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack met with farmers and ranchers at the White House this week to announce a meat and poultry supply chain action plan.

COVID-19 nudged many livestock producers into direct sales marketing, but the Compart family of Nicollet, Minnesota, has been innovating direct pork sales to their business for about two decades. Five families in two generations are co-owners, promoting sophisticated Duroc swine breeding as the “Black Angus of pork.” Their online and retail meat now accounts for about half of their farm’s income.

The advantages to using strip till include retaining soil moisture when it’s dry and keeping soil in place on windy days, said Brad Brummond, North Dakota State University agricultural extension agent-Walsh County.

AGCO, the world’s third largest agricultural equipment designer, manufacturer and marketer, is purchasing North Dakota’s Appareo Systems LLC, in Fargo, effective in January 2022. AGCO will keep the company’s design teams in Fargo and Paris, France.

AgweekTV for Jan. 15-16, 2021.

The 118 partnerships spread across the country will broaden access to conservation assistance to farmers who are new to farming, low income, socially disadvantaged or military veterans.

After having a vacancy in the role of farm and ranch safety coordinator since 2005, North Dakota State University has once again refilled the position.

The company's operations provided more than $250.76 million to the region’s economy and another $581.8 million in secondary economic activity, bringing the total economic impact to more than $883.5 million, according to the audit report of North Dakota Mill and Elevator by North Dakota State Auditor Josh Gallion for the year ended June 30, 2021.

AgweekTV's Michelle Rook and Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management discuss the South American forecast, January WASDE numbers, demand and more on the Agweek Market Wrap, sponsored by Gateway Building Systems.