Articles Tagged with ''North Dakota''

South Dakota lawmakers have passed a trio of bills designed to smooth the path of a carbon pipeline that the ethanol industry considers crucial to its future but that some farmers and other landowners don’t want on their land.

New information from the USDA's Agricultural Research Service suggests eating the recommended daily amount of vegetables has a positive correlation with an adult's mental health.

Farmland values are maintaining their strength, and loan volumes are declining, but economic growth in rural parts of the Midwest and northern Plains remains slow, according to Creighton University's Rural Mainstreet Index.

A Senate Agriculture Committee member says the Department of Agriculture is “seriously evaluating” a letter sent by members of Congress from the upper Midwest that would support farmers struggling with late planting.

Farmers in the Corn Belt are behind on planting spring crops this year, with cool and wet weather keeping them out of their fields. Many are now racing to get their corn and soybean acres planted before they reach the cutoff dates for federal crop insurance programs.

The Department of Agriculture is trying to help rural communities reduce energy bills and impacts to climate by investing $464 million to enhance renewable energy infrastructure, officials said Thursday.

A recent broadband coverage map released by the White House further illustrates rural America is in dire need of faster internet speeds, but at least one rural state is doing better than most, thanks to a commitment by local providers.

States in the West and the High Plains are currently facing what Brad Rippey, a USDA meteorologist in the Office of the Chief Economist, calls the “most expansive” drought the U.S. has seen since 2012 and 2013.

High commodity prices are fueling farmers' optimism as planters get rolling this spring, but in some areas the lack of rain this spring is making producers nervous as they plant into the dusty ground.