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United Pulse Trading
to expand in Williston |
| by Nick Smith, Staff Writer, Williston Herald |
 Oct. 28, 2009 - The Williston City Commission approved a request for a Flex PACE loan to United Pulse Trading Inc. with a Star Fund interest buydown during its meeting Tuesday evening.
United Pulse Trading held a grand opening for its Williston pea and lentil processing plant in July. It is seeking the Flex PACE loan and Star Fund dollars for a proposed expansion to its facility. Read More. |
Frontier Equipment builds a new facility
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| Exterior is expected to be completed by December
by Alan Reed, Managing Editor, Williston Herald |
 Oct. 22, 2009 - After a handful of years, Williston's Frontier Equipment has outgrown its current location just off U.S. Highways 2 and 85 west of Williston. A new building that literally doubles the overall space for the Case IH dealership is going up just east of its present location. Read More. |
| Feeding the community
with local food products |
| by Nick Smith, Staff Writer, Williston Herald |
 Sept. 30, 2009 - North Dakota and Montana are major agriculture states, but it's strange to only have roughly 10 percent of the state's food that is sold in stores to come from local sources. That's a fact Peggy Iba of the Farm To Table Cooperative Project in eastern Montana wants to help change. Read More. |
| Representatives from Japan
company visit Nortana Grain |
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by Bill Vander Weele, Sidney Herald |
 Oct. 20, 2009 - With the hope of increasing the market for durum, Nortana Grain employees were visited by Japanese company officials Friday morning.
Coming to the elevator in Sidney were Takehiro Fujiwara, senior manager, and Koji Noguchi, manager and research chemist, for Nippon Flour Mills in Tokyo, Japan.
They told Nortana's general manager Rondel Beery that they currently receive durum from Canadian sources. They used the durum for pasta and macaroni. Read More. |
| Carbonics announces Culbertson revival |
| KFGO Regional News |
Oct. 5, 2009 - NEW YORK--Carbonics Capital Corporation (OTCBB: CICS) announced today that the liquidation of inventory at its Culbertson, Montana-based oilseed crush facility ("Culbertson") is complete.
Culbertson was previously unable to renew its working capital line of credit during the second half of 2008 and was therefore unable to complete its purchase of delivered oilseed inventory. Culbertson later cooperated with the Montana Department of Agriculture and the North Dakota Public Service Commission to liquidate and pay for the delivered crop. Read More. |
| Sustainable Oils to supply 100,000
gallons of camelina-based renewable
jet fuel to U.S. Air Force |
Domestic, renewable and low-carbon fuel selected to power military aircraft
Reuters |
 Oct. 1, 2009 - BOZEMAN, Mont. (Business Wire) Sustainable Oils, a producer of renewable, low-carbon and domestically producedcamelina-based fuels, announced today it has been awarded a contract by theDefense Energy Support Center (DESC) to supply camelina-based jet fuel for theAir Force. Read More. |
| Montana Ag Dept. ends
sustainable systems case |
| Final safflower payments made
Western Farmer Stockman |
Oct. 12, 2009 - The Montana Department of Agriculture has successfully completed efforts to pay farmers all of the money owed for delivery of their 2008 safflower crops to Sustainable Systems LLC, an oilseed processing plant in Culbertson, Mont.
Farmers in Montana received payment totaling $654,507 from proceeds of a Montana commodity dealer bond, the sale of cooking oil and other commodities, and cash that customers owed Sustainable. Read More. |
| Harvey-Organic mill company expanding |
| Capital Ag Press |
 Oct. 28, 2009 - HARVEY, N.D. (AP) -- A flour mill company is spreading out in Harvey. Earth Harvest Mills held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday. The federal Agriculture Department's Rural Development director, Jasper Schneider, said three loans through the agency provided $2.2 million to help the company get started. He said two of the original loans have been paid in full. Read More. |
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Emerging weather pattern could break California's drought
By Matthew Weaver, Capital Ag Press |
 Oct. 24, 2009 - Meteorologists anticipate a moderate El Niņo will bring drier winter weather to the Pacific Northwest and wetter weather to California, possibly ending a three-year drought there.
El Niņo is characterized by ocean temperatures about 2 degrees above average across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, which makes it a weaker event, said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Prediction Center Deputy Director Mike Halpert during an Oct. 15 press conference. Read More. |
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Article links on CROPS |
Over capacity-grain piles dot the county as producers fill bins
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Bumper corn crop helps boost ethanol.
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Article links on PEOPLE |
| NDSU's Coston takes center stage on research spending
N.D. native chosen to join USDA staff
NDSU leadership program to begin 4th class
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Article links on SUGARS & SWEETENERS |
| Sidney Sugars gives update on harvest
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Article links on POTATO'S |
McDonald's offers potato burger with fries, no onions in India
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| Anxiety in Canada over near parity with U.S. dollar
Golden County Foods broadens its base to spur appetizer growth in 2009
EPA extends energy star to potato processing plants
Scientists crack potato's genetic code
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Article links on AG DEVELOPMENTS |
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Ex-American Italian Pasta executives get prison time for fraud
Lower phosphate and potash prices slash Cargill's Q1 earnings
Why 'Freshness' is Wendy's new marketing ingredient
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Food manufacturers team up to fight obesity
Anheuser-Busch introduces wheat beer nationwide
RDO Equipment Co. earns 2009 'Best-in-Class Dealership of the Year' award Read Article.
India to create up to 350 food processing units in next 100 days, sector seen as key to economic growth Read Article.
India-Govt eyes 150% growth in processed food exports in five yrs
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Article links on TOP GROWERS IN THE US |
Growing Produce magazine surveys the Top 100 growers in the country
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Top 100 Growers: Southeast |
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Article links on FEDERAL ISSUES |
FY 2010 Agriculture Appropriations Conference Report Summary
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| Senators Tester and Baucus secure funding for energy and water projects
USDA joins FDA efforts on new food safety regulations
Heritage area designation raises hackles Read More.
Dorgan says provision protects property owners Read More. |
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Article links on ISSUES |
| Critics of U.S. agriculture intensify efforts
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Taxes fund environmental suits
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Why trade with Canada and Mexico is crucial to U.S. profitability
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Help Missouri leaders scrutinize river study
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Skelton: No new river study needed
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