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Several consecutive days of favorable harvest weather is needed to bring in the remainder of the sugarbeet crop in North Dakota and Minnesota.

The impact of recent rain in North Dakota on the U.S. Drought Monitor report released April 15, reflecting conditions on April 13, was negligible. While 2.16% of the state — in the southeastern corner — improved to abnormally dry instead of being in drought conditions, the situation actually appears to have worsened for many other parts of the state.

A couple of states saw some drought relief over the past seven-day period, while others remain at extreme to exceptionally dire conditions.

North Dakota farmer Kurt Groszhans has been accused of attempted assassination in Ukraine, but his family thinks it’s a business matter gone wrong.

Many of the same foods, such as fluid milk, bananas and tortillas, are consumed in both diets, though the quantities vary, according to the report from USDA's Economic Research Service.