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Bread-making day, Mychal Wilmes says, was reassurance that all was right with the world. Now he is working to learn the magic of his mother's recipes.

A marketing enterprise that sells sugar for the region's sugar cooperatives is enjoying a sweet year thanks to the success of some key investments.

Talc USA — a Page, North Dakota, company that makes talc products that lubricate crop seeds and can add various micronutrient products — has been acquired by Brandt Inc., of Springfield, Illinois, an agricultural retailer and maker of specialty ag products..

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate is better for corn and soybeans than wheat.

Even in a drought-limited year, regional state winners in the National Corn Growers Association yield contest grouped around 300-bushels per acre yields. An Extension agronomist says the contest shows possibilities in modern corn genetics and the combination of optimal weather and input management.

The project planned for Casselton, North Dakota, is the second in the works for North Dakota. ADM announced plans to invest $350 million in the purchase of the former Cargill Malt plant at Spiritwood, North Dakota, demolish most of that facility and construct a new soybean crushing plant. ADM has said it hopes to have the facility running by harvest 2023.

The region can expect the return of colder temperatures, along with small shots of snow as the area heads into the second half of January.

USDA, Justice Department seek better collaboration, will establish complaint portal on potential violations of competition laws.

Inflation coupled with the effects of The Great Resignation will be among the factors to watch in the coming year in agriculture.

The event will be held in conjunction with the South Dakota State University's men's basketball game against the University of Denver.