The January WASDE and Quarterly Stocks Report was released last week, and it put what may be the final nail in the coffin for 2023-24 grain bulls. Production estimates of both corn and soybeans for the 2023 crop year were raised between .5% and 1% in total, which doesn’t sound like much, ...

BISMARCK – North Dakota credit unions will receive more than $11.9 million in recovered assets that had previously been denied by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), according to the Dakota Credit Union Association. The federal agency agreed to settle the dispute after a federal ...

The Middle East and trouble are no strangers, but the last three months of 2023 saw an increase in turmoil and hot spots to the point of boiling over. The most obvious is the bombardment of the Gaza Strip by Israel after the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7 killed 1,200, according to ...

Ropin’ the Wind GERMANY – Renewable energies will have covered almost 52% of gross electricity consumption in 2023, according to the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Wurttemberg. This is an increase from 46% in 2022 and the first time to see it clear 50% in total. ...

BISMARCK – Mark Watne of Velva was reelected to an 11th one-year term as North Dakota Farmers Union president by more than 500 members and voting delegates attending the organization’s 97th annual state convention Dec. 15-16 in Bismarck. “We’re going to have to be more creative and ...

– Nathan and Kendra Faa, Dynamic Sawing & Coring, 908 24th Ave. NW, install egress window, $5,000. – Eagles Wings Community Fellowship, 101 16th St. SW, temporary enclosure, $5,000. – Nathan Smith Holdings, ID Builders, 600 2nd St. SE, remodel existing residence, $50,000. – ...