Ninth District Features by Topic

Agriculture

Date	State(s)	Title of Article
2008 March	Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota U.P. Michigan Wisconsin	Room at the silo, after all Defying expectations, a storage crunch failed to materialize at district elevators last fall.
2007 September	Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin	Where's the buzz? Beekeepers stung by fewer honeybees; sticky issue for ag sector
2007 January	Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin	Old MacDonald's evolving farm Alternative livestock markets still small and volatile, but appear to be growing
2006 September	Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin	Farmers are growing an appreciating crop of land Farm real estate values have increased despite ag conditions.
2006 July	South Dakota	South Dakota “steaks” its reputation on beef branding program Value-added marketing promotes quality of state’s agricultural output.
2006 January	Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota	Color them plain but successful Growing Hutterite colonies find successful—and sizable—niches in district economy.
2005 November	Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota	Fickle like the wind Wind farming is booming again in the district, but the industry remains dependent on federal subsidy.
2005 September	Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin	Livestock shocks Mad cow, trade policy and strong prices
2005 May	Minnesota Montana North Dakota	The beet generation The upper Midwest is the nation's biggest sugar-producing region, but farmers are worried trade pacts could dissolve it all.
2005 May	Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin	Rust never sleeps Asian soybean rust could create a make or break year for district farmers.
2004 November	Minnesota Wisconsin	Got MILC? New federal dairy policy benefits district, but are there unintended consequences?
2004 March	Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin	Crop insurance turning dry fields into cash crop Federal programs help farmers buy better protection but at a heavy public cost.
2004 March	Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin	“People have to eat” District food processing is doing surprisingly well but faces slow shifts in the industry.
2003 September	Minnesota Montana South Dakota North Dakota Wisconsin	Focus: Biotech An analysis of the biotech industry in the Ninth District
2002 November	Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin	Drought is hell Some parts of the district are so dry that despondent farmers can hardly grow grapes of wrath.
2002 September	Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin	From the ground up? Despite growing demand and solid prices, organic farming still faces high hurdles
2002 March	Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin	Focus: Farm Income Farm safety at any speed A reinforced safety net is a priority for the next farm bill, but a customized fit has proved difficult to fashion and sprouted unintended consequences A fair price for whom? Fair-price programs might be popular with farmers and lawmakers, but they carry with them a wheelbarrow full of both obvious and subtle ill effects. Green is good Many believe paying farmers for better environmental outcomes is an idea worth fertilizing.
2002 March	Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin	With a little help from our friends Though declining in number, co-ops find new ways to help farmers and rural communities.
2002 March	Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota U.P. Michigan Wisconsin	Not milk? Midwest dairy is dying, says the conventional wisdom. Not gonna happen, say district farmers.
2001 November	Minnesota Montana U.P. Michigan Wisconsin	Fishing for diversity: aquaculture in the Ninth District
2001 September	Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin	Emus and ostriches and elk, oh my Unusual livestock give district farmers new markets and profits.
2001 July	Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin	Knee deep in feedlot feuds As the livestock industry consolidates and animal farms get bigger, their neighbors worry about the consequences
2000 January	Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin	Focus: Agribusiness Concentration The pig in the python Farmers believe they are getting squeezed by consolidation and concentration on the front and back ends. Concentrating on food concentration Continued low commodity prices have turned up the heat on consolidation in the food processing industry. A borderless perspective Despite what we like—or want—to think, the United States doesn't have a monopoly on agribusiness consolidation and concentration. The cousin of consolidation: contracting
1999 October	Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin	Focus: Farm Crisis Farm Crisis: Here we go again? Farming the government Far from abandoning farmers, government policy stumbles into the new ag economy, helping some but not others Saving the family farm, but from what? Not your father's farm recession Whistling Dixie? Despite tough times for many, some farmers finding good times
1999 October	Minnesota Wisconsin	Red with envy
1999 January	Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota	Focus: Hog Markets Why have hog prices tumbled to historic lows in recent months and what will it mean for the Ninth District's agricultural industry? District hog prices hit historic lows Contract pricing complicates hog markets How much should pork prices drop? Is agriculture in crisis? The porcine slaughter of the innocents
1998 November	Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota	Focus: Crop Disease Scab: The Ninth District's agricultural plague of the '90s Everyone knows farmers are struggling with low prices and slowing markets due to the Asian economic crisis, but farmers in parts of the Ninth District face the greatest threat from crop disease.
1998 July	Montana North Dakota	Irrigation project holds promise for Plains farmers
1998 July	Wisconsin	Wisconsin's fish farms grow to meet product demand
1998 April	Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin	Focus: Poultry Poultry: A quiet success story Broilers of the world, unite! A turkey in every pot? Why no one mourns the loss of the family chicken farm
1997 October	Minnesota North Dakota	Barley straw covers wastewater odors
1997 July	North Dakota	With nowhere to go, Devils Lake spills over; solutions not simple
1997 April	Minnesota	Red River vegetable growers look to French for new production method
1997 April	North Dakota	Carrots: "Sweet" success for North Dakota farmers
1997 April	Wisconsin	New programs boost Wisconsin's dairy industry
1997 January	Montana	Computer software assists farmers with land management
1996 July	Minnesota	State program promotes innovative ag products
1996 July	North Dakota	Great Northern Garlic Growers Co-op seeks market niche
1996 July	North Dakota	Plains cattle ranchers go for their own brand of beef
1996 July	Wisconsin	Red deer farmers hunt for market niche
1996 April	Minnesota South Dakota Wisconsin	Small hog farms losing ground
1996 April	Minnesota South Dakota Wisconsin	Corn and hogs: Unique complements over time
1996 April	Minnesota South Dakota Wisconsin	Pork 101: The economics of hogs
1995 July	Montana	How many cattle ranchers will survive the downward spiral?
1995 July	Montana	Wheat growers are optimistic
1995 July	North Dakota	Corn plant sweetens Red River Valley economy
1995 July	South Dakota	Processing plant keeps soybeans in South Dakota
1995 January	Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota U.P. Michigan Wisconsin	District dairying faces dramatic change
1995 January	Minnesota Wisconsin	Geography and technology in dairying
1995 January	Minnesota Wisconsin	Do federal dairy policies hurt the Ninth District?
1994 July	North Dakota	Corn processing plant nearing reality
1994 July	North Dakota	Frozen french fries fuel Red River Valley economy
1994 April	Wisconsin	Blair farmers pitch lamb use via frozen food line
1994 January	Wisconsin	Ag tourism—selling a way of life
1994 July	U.P. Michigan	Indian tribe stocks lake trout in Lake Superior
1994 July	South Dakota	Sioux Falls can bank on Morrell for at least 10 years
1994 January	Wisconsin	China buys Wisconsin ginseng
1993 October	Wisconsin	Chippewa Valley beans—for breakfast in Britain
1993 July	North Dakota	Bison processing plant going up in New Rockford
1993 July	South Dakota	Future of Sioux Falls meatpacker again uncertain
1993 April	Montana	Profits clipped from goats
1993 April	North Dakota	Durum dispute skews trade attitudes
1993 April	North Dakota	Fish research center reels in $
1992 October	North Dakota	State mill prospers
1992 July	Wisconsin	Number of dairy farmers and cows shrinking
1992 July	North Dakota	Plans cooking for grower-owned pasta plant
1992 July	South Dakota	Morrell closes Sioux Falls beef operation
1992 April	North Dakota	From flax to French fries
1992 April	Wisconsin	UW-River Falls opens doors to Eastern Europeans
1992 January	North Dakota	North Dakota wheat ends up in Russian bread

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