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DENVER - CoBank, a cooperative bank serving agribusinesses, rural infrastructure providers and Farm Credit associations throughout the United States, announced today that it has committed $5 million to fund agricultural research and education at land...

The Manitoba-North Dakota Zero Tillage Farmers Association is holding its 35th annual workshop and trade show Jan. 8-10, 2013, at the Ramkota Hotel in Bismarck. The theme for the 2013 workshop is “No-till: An Evolution Toward Sustainable Ag.” “The Man-...

When Ndamukong Suh speaks, apparently the Cornhuskers listen. The former Nebraska All-American and current Detroit Lions defensive tackle put in his two cents about who the Cornhuskers should hire as their new men's basketball coach. "A mutual...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women taking multivitamins don't live longer than those who get their nutrients from food alone, a new U.S. study shows. In fact, they appear to have slightly higher death rates, researchers found. "There is very little...

 BROOKINGS — Escalating costs for students’ tuition and fees have pushed prices to attend South Dakota’s public universities past some neighboring states and into the region’s upper tier, according to a report delivered Wednesday...

The state Board of Regents is scheduled to discuss Dec. 16 a report whose bottom line is stunning. The report looks at where South Dakota high school graduates from the class of 2007-08 chose to continue their educations that fall. That our largest...

Parkston's Rob Van Laecken became the South Dakota girls' basketball all-time winningest coach on Friday. Parkston defeated Chamberlain in Chamberlain to give Van Laecken his 552nd career win, which breaks a tie with Fred Tibbetts as the all-time...

MINNEAPOLIS - Entrepreneur Scott Fahrenkrug sees raising pigs as one hearty business. And that's not because of the food they can produce. Fahrenkrug, a University of Minnesota professor, is changing genes in pigs so they grow up with diabetes or...

CHARLEVOIX  ­This Saturday, between 20 and 40 elite mile runners will gather in Charlevoix to commemorate running phenom Ryan Shay, a Central Lake native who died while competing in the 2008 Olympic Trials marathon in New York City. “Ryan was a...

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL, Minn. - Seventy-five families from around the state, one from each participating county, have been named a “2011 Farm Family of the Year” by the University of Minnesota. The families will be officially recognized in a ceremony...

Cole Gustafson, a North Dakota State University professor and the Extension Service biofuels economist, has agreed to serve as chair of the Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics at NDSU. Ken Grafton, NDSU College of Agriculture, Food Systems,...

This year's edition of the South Dakota High School All-Star Games will shine like silver. This marks the silver anniversary for the games. In its 25th year the all-star games will offer a few extra perks for the athletes, according to all-star...