Biodiesel at North Dakota pump boosts local farmers
In Fargo biodiesel blends are sold at Stamart, the first B20 offering in North Dakota easing farmers’ concerns over a stalled biodiesel plant. Stamart owner Dietr Lenthe notes higher price but says state financing keeps fuel near diesel price while farmers see economic and environmental benefits.
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N.D
North Dakota
Stamart Station
Interstate 29
Dirk Lenthe
Stamart
Terry Goerger
North Dakota Biodeisel Steering Committee
Lenthe
Joel Thorsrud
National Biodiesel Board
Volunteer Wheat Control Risks and Methods
Volunteer wheat poses serious disease and yield risks in Kansas wheat farming. It fuels wheat streak mosaic virus via the wheat curl mite and Hessian fly, with significant losses statewide. Control hinges on early destruction within half a mile of fields, and tillage or herbicides, rather than grazing, with costs and residue considerations guiding the approach. Also notes the death of longtime Ag Agent Oscar Norby and his service in Finney County.
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Kansas
Oscar Norby
Finney County
Norby
Manhattan
Farmers win buyout for tobacco growers
Washington AP report notes farmers Keith Parrish and Lamar DeLoach helped press John Kerry to back a tobacco buyout. The plan would compensate farmers to leave the government program, amid shrinking quotas and rising foreign tobacco imports. Dwight Watson’s protest traction is cited as increasing attention on growers’ hardships.
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Bush
Keith Parrish
Lamar DeLoach
John Kerry
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Kerry
White House
House
Senate
DeLoach
Statesboro
Parrish
Coats
N.C
U.S
North Carolina
National Mall
Dwight Watson
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Rogers
Iowa State University Extension
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