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The train arrived Nov. 15 at the co-op's grain terminal along the Columbia River near Boardman, with 142 cars hauling 550,000 bushels of corn that will be used to feed
100 years agoMore first class certified seed wheat will be produced in 1923 in the Pilot Rock section by farmers than was ever grown there in one year, according to
Availability of labor is becoming tighter and more competitive. Officials of the Farmers Cooperative Elevator at Rosholt, South Dakota, describe how in the spring of 2022 they offered $30 an hour for truck “tender” drivers, moving fertilizer and inputs to farms, but got no applicants. They were grateful for local trucking firms stepping up during the vital period, but understandably at a higher cost for the farmer-owned company.