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Fertilizer Prices Jun 9 2008 11:14PM
It's the question many of us are asking...
Why are producers paying so much to fertilize their crops?
And now our state is leading the way in finding some answers.
Reporter Sarah Gustin has more on the issue...
(Sen. Byron Dorgan / (D) - ND) "I don't
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Farmers Union Calls For Investigation May 16 2008 10:11PM
We are all feeling the effects of inflation...but one organization thinks what farmers are paying for fertilizer is out of control.
In the past 30 days the price of anhydrous ammonia has increased by 240-dollars a ton.
And now North Dakota Farmers Union
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Probe into High Fertilizer Prices May 16 2008 7:10PM
We are all feeling the effects of inflation...but one organization thinks what farmers are paying for fertilizer is out of control.
In the past 30 days the price of anhydrous ammonia has increased by 240-dollars a ton.
And now North Dakota Farmers Unio
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Eye on Agriculture - Anhydrous Prices Double May 15 2008 10:04PM
Spring planting across much of North Central North Dakota is on hold for a little while as farmers wait for the ground to dry down enough to head back out into the field.
About three-quarters of the crop is in the ground so far and farmers but it's all c
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Eye on Agriculture - Anhydrous Prices Double May 14 2008 10:19PM
Spring planting across much of North Central North Dakota is on hold for a little while as farmers wait for the ground to dry down enough to head back out into the field.
About three-quarters of the crop is in the ground so far and farmers but it's all c
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| Two men burned in Clontarf ammonia leak Apr 18 2008 8:32PM
Two men were flown to a Twin Cities
hospital Friday after being burned by anhydrous ammonia in
Clontarf.
Swift County Sheriff Scott Mattison says 41-year-old Leon Beam
of rural Benson and 62-year-old Thomas Lindstrom of rural Clontarf
were expo
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| Man sentenced to prison on drug charges Apr 17 2008 9:07AM
A man has been sentenced to prison after
pleading guilty in a methamphetamine-making operation that included
a 300-pound anhydrous ammonia tank and a stolen fish house buried
underground.
Eddie Evans of Langdon pleaded guilty to manufacturing
m
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| Ark. town faces more evacuations after meat plant blast... Mar 24 2008 2:29PM
Arkansas emergency officials have issued
new evacuation orders for the town of Booneville.
The 4,000-resident town was home to a Cargill meat packing
plant, but a fire and a set of explosions destroyed it yesterday.
No one was injured, but fir
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| Ark. town reevacuated after meat plant blast Mar 24 2008 1:18PM
State emergency management officials say
police today ordered those within a half-mile radius of a
Booneville meat packing plant to evacuate, a day after a fire and
explosion forced an earlier evacuation.
Emergency management spokeswoman Sonya D
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| Cargill: Too soon to know if Ark. plant will be rebuilt... Mar 24 2008 7:36AM
Cargill officials say it's too soon to
know whether they will rebuild an Arkansas meat packing plant that
was destroyed by explosions and fire over the weekend.
Corporate officials are due to visit the Booneville plant early
this week and examin
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Eye on Agriculture - Operating Costs Soar Feb 20 2008 7:46PM
Spring planting is still several week away but already this seeding season is shaping to be a ground breaking experience for farmers in terms of costs.
(Leigh Wagner, Farm Credit Service-Minot) "We've seen a tremendous increase."
Leigh Wagner with Farm
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New Lawsuit Filed Against CP Railroad Jan 23 2008 8:05PM
The legal fight after the January 2002 train derailment just west of Minot has taken a new turn.
Minot attorney Mark Larson and a partner in Minnesota have filed a lawsuit regarding contracts signed by numerous area residents days after the deadly derail
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Derailment Settlement Payments Still on Hold Jan 18 2008 7:58PM
The wait continues for thousands of people who have joined a class-action lawsuit against Canadian Pacific Railway.
A derailment six years ago today spread anhydrous ammonia over Minot, killing one and injuring hundreds or even thousands.
A class-action
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Derailment Hearing Held Jan 17 2008 7:19PM
Exactly six years ago, residents of Minot went to sleep not realizing that in a few hours, something would happen that would make January 18th an unforgettable date.
About 1:30 in the early morning of that date, a Canadian Pacific Railway train jumped th
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New Restrictions on Anhydrous Jan 14 2008 11:08PM
A deadline for farmers, but not fertilizer companies is being pushed back.
The Department of Homeland Security is pushing for farmers and businessespossessing large amounts of certain chemicals to register with the agency.
Distributers that have chemic
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Farmers Deadline for Fertilizer Regulations Jan 14 2008 11:07PM
A deadline for farmers, but not fertilizer companies is being pushed back.
The Department of Homeland Security is pushing for farmers and businesses possessing large amounts of certain chemicals to register with the agency.
Distributers that have chemi
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Meth Labs Down in ND Jan 7 2008 7:07PM
Authorities find meth labs in homes, ditches and vacant buildings.
Dangerous chemicals are involved and the end product, Meth, is pushed on our streets.
But North Dakota has gotten a hold of a problem that was just a few years ago out of control...
Don
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Derailment Settlement Payments Still Not In Dec 31 2007 11:20PM
Thousands of Minot-area residents are still waiting to see their settlement checks from the Canadian Pacific Railway derailment and chemical spill case.
Earlier reports had said the payments from the class-action settlement would be arriving in mailboxes
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2007 in Review, Part 1 Dec 27 2007 8:29AM
It's a tradition to pause as the year ends to remember the big events of the past 12 months.
And it's a tradition we've carried on for years.
So tonight, Jim Olson begins his look at the major local news stories of 2007 with a peek at what was in the he
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2007 in Review, Part 1 Dec 27 2007 8:18AM
It's a tradition to pause as the year ends to remember the big events of the past 12 months.
And it's a tradition we've carried on for years.
So tonight, Jim Olson begins his look at the major local news stories of 2007 with a peek at what was in the he
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Trial Derailment Near Anamoose Dec 24 2007 8:10AM
At around 3:45 this morning a Canadian Pacific Railway train carrying coal had 39 of it's cars derail.
The train was eastbound just west of Anamoose when the cars tipped off the tracks.
No one was injured due to the incident and there are no public saf
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ND Air fresheners go National Dec 10 2007 7:18PM
A North Dakota made product is now available nationwide.
Kari Warberg is the owner of Crane Creek Gardens.
She has developed the botanical rodent repellent "Fresh Cab" to help keep mice out of farm equipment.
Warberg and Tractor Supply Co
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| 3 accused of using stolen fish house in making meth... Nov 27 2007 6:07PM
Cavalier County authorities say three
people have been arrested in a meth-making operation, after a
six-month probe that found a 300-pound anhydrous ammonia tank and a
stolen fish house buried underground.
The sheriff's office says 30-year-old E
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Great year for farmers Nov 10 2007 7:22PM
There's good news for farmers after years of severe draught.
Record crop prices combined with good yields have produced one of the best years for North Dakota farmers in
decades.
The Agriculture Department has revised its estimate for North Dakota's
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| Victim in Ramsom County fatal identified Nov 10 2007 9:34AM
The Highway Patrol has identified an
Englevale woman who died when the pickup truck she was driving
struck two empty anhydrous ammonia tanks being towed by another
pickup in Ransom County.
Nineteen-year-old Jessica Schwab died about 8:30 a.m. Fr
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