Agriculture’s Silver Lining: Not All Suffer When Crop Prices Fall
The biggest concern facing most regional farmers right now is prices. After a four-year high, which peaked in the summer of 2012, crop prices dropped, some by as much as 60 percent by this spring’s...
View ArticlePotato Industry Looks to Potato Bars to Promote Spuds
Park River, N.D., is in the heart of one of America’s top-potato producing areas. Shelly Poitra — the Park River School District’s head cook and lunch program leader — grew up in nearby Hoople, N.D....
View ArticleWest Fargo Business to Close – Laying Off Dozens of Employees
WEST FARGO – Trinity Containers plans to permanently close its manufacturing plant here, laying off about 91 employees. In an email to Mayor Rich Mattern dated Wednesday, April 13, a company official...
View ArticlePifer’s Holds First Sale in Auction Center of North America
STEELE, N.D. — The balcony at Pifer’s Auction & Realty’s new Auction Center of North America filled up as the center’s consignment auction began on Tuesday, July 18, as did most of the chairs...
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