Pifer’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...
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 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 ArticleAgriculture’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...
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