WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a massive $867 billion farm bill that reauthorizes agriculture and conservation programs without any cuts to the food stamp program.Trump signed the bill Thursday after the Agriculture Department...
December 20, 2018 4:23 pm / no comments
Jamestown (NDFU) – North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne issued a statement Thursday after President Trump signed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, more commonly known as the 2018 Farm Bill:
“We applaud our congressional...
December 20, 2018 3:27 pm / no comments
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cargill plans to sell its malt operations to a European business.
The Star Tribune reports that the Minnetonka-based agribusiness is seeking regulatory approvals to sell the business in the second half of 2019 to Boortmalt,...
December 20, 2018 10:17 am / no comments
Sioux Falls, SD – For the second consecutive year, Emma was the most popular name for newborn girls at Sanford Health. For boys, Oliver topped the list of most popular names for 2018.
Emma holds on to the top spot after ranking first in...
December 20, 2018 9:25 am / no comments
Washington (Rep Cramer’s Office) – The Senate Republican Conference announced North Dakota Senator-elect Kevin Cramer has been named to the following five committees: Armed Services, Environment and Public Works, Banking, Housing...
December 20, 2018 7:30 am / no comments
Jamestown (CSi) The Police are warning Jamestown residents that a convicted sex offender has changed his Jamestown address.
now resides at 518 9th Avenue, SE, Jamestown, ND
His vehicle is a 1979 Chevrolet Scottsdale, with North Dakota License...
December 19, 2018 4:36 pm / no comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate for the fourth time this year to reflect the U.S. economy’s continued strength but signaling that it expects to slow hikes next year.
The quarter-point hike, to a...
December 19, 2018 2:14 pm / no comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will soon withdraw all of the approximately 2,000 American troops from Syria, a U.S. official said Wednesday as President Donald Trump declared victory in the mission to defeat Islamic State militants...
December 19, 2018 2:10 pm / no comments
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Two Fargo lawmakers say the time is ripe to repeal Sunday business restrictions in North Dakota that have been in place since statehood and rooted in religious tradition.
Democratic Rep. Pam Anderson and Republican Rep....
December 19, 2018 1:30 pm / no comments
BISMARCK, N.D. (Dec. 19, 2018) – Gov. Doug Burgum Wednesday welcomed the latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau that show North Dakota’s population reached an all-time high of 760,077 residents as of July 1, 2018, an increase of 4,901...
December 19, 2018 11:34 am / no comments