In 2022, there were a total of 4 million prevented planting acres in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department Farm Service Agency
The FSA county staff wages are significantly lower than those for similar private sector jobs, which has resulted in open positions across the United States, FSA state and federal officials say.
The North Dakota Public Service Commission has been holding hearings on the Summit Carbon Solutions' Midwest Carbon Express pipeline, a project intended to benefit the ethanol industry.