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Palmer amaranth. (United Soybean Board photo)
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North Dakota still on lookout for Palmer amaranth

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CNS Canada –– Officials in North Dakota continue to hunt down suspicious plants in a bid to keep the aggressive weed Palmer amaranth from establishing there. Palmer amaranth, a pigweed species, made its first confirmed appearance in North Dakota last month, in a soybean field in McIntosh County, in the south-central area of the state. […] Read more
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Some North Dakota wheat rejected for ergot, merchants say

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Chicago | Reuters –– Elevated levels of the grain fungus ergot are showing up in spring wheat being harvested in south-central North Dakota, prompting grain elevators to impose discounts and even turn some truckloads away, grain merchants said Tuesday. Ergot is a common grain fungus but some major buyers, including top global wheat importer Egypt, […] Read more
At 1.834 million acres, U.S. edible bean acreage is down slightly from 2.092 million in 2017.
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North Dakota bean acreage down, as crops get off to good start

Hotter-than-normal temperatures have created concern in leading U.S. edible bean-producing state

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The dry edible bean crop in North Dakota is shaping up well, according to Tom Kennelly, president of Northarvest Bean Growers Association. “But there are spots that got adequate moisture and there are still spots that are waiting on timely rains,” he said, from his farm near Grafton, N.D. North Dakota is by far the […] Read more
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Organic grain firm picks up elevator near border

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A Minneapolis startup in the organic grain business has bought a northwestern North Dakota elevator that further expands its southern Prairie catchment. Pipeline Foods — which has hung out its shingle as a buyer of organic, non-GMO wheat, pulses and oats for food and feed — announced Tuesday it has bought a CHS elevator at […] Read more
Waterhemp is a concern not only because it’s a new weed for Manitoba, but because in places in Ontario and the U.S., it’s often resistant to glyphosate, Group 2 herbicides or both. (Tone Ag Consulting photo)
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Second incidence of waterhemp found in Manitoba

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A second case of waterhemp — a noxious weed which, in many places in Ontario and the U.S., is resistant to glyphosate, Group 2 herbicides or both — has been found in Manitoba. Waterhemp (amaranthus tuberculatus), which resembles redroot pigweed and is in the same family, was first found in a soybean field southeast of […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
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U.S. northern Plains ranchers welcome hay lottery

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Reuters — Hundreds of livestock ranchers in the drought-stricken U.S. northern Plains are embracing what organizers say is the first lottery designed to provide some much-needed relief to their operations. The prize? Tons and tons of hay. Ranchers in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana have been suffering through the region’s worst drought in 30 […] Read more
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Drought hits parts of North Dakota spring wheat prospects

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Minot / Reuters – Spring wheat crops in central and northwestern North Dakota were showing the effects of hot, dry conditions and yield prospects were down sharply from a year ago, scouts on an annual crop tour said Wednesday. “The early-planted stuff looks the toughest,” said Dave Green, executive vice president of the Wheat Quality […] Read more

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