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For the tenth straight year, Culver’s is offering guests a single scoop of Fresh Frozen Custard in exchange for a $1 donation to local FFA chapters and other agricultural education organizations.

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The USDA’s Farm Service Agency reminds agricultural producers that Farm Loan Programs can be used to support a variety of climate-smart practices.

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This Farm Talk segment is brought to you by North Dakota Corn. The Biden administration released guidance on its sustainable aviation fuel subsidy program that allows corn-based ethanol to qualify for the program if it’s sourced from farms using climate-friendly growing techniques. Andrew Mauch serves as President of the North Dakota Corn Growers Association. 

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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has affected dairy herds in several states. Mike North, Producer Division President with Ever.Ag, talks about how the markets have reacted to the news.

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Mike Strantz, vice president of advocacy with the National Farmers Union, talks about areas inside the bill that are important to the National Farmers Union.

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The difference in Brazil’s soybean production estimates from USDA and Brazil’s counterpart is quite large in 2024.

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More consumers are placing growing importance on buying sustainable, local food products - including at the meat counter.   Rusty Halvorson recently talked with fifth generation rancher Josh Alsager of Walcott, North Dakota, about his family's long history in sustainable beef production.  Alsager is also co-owner of Alsager Meats of Audubon, MN and Fargo, ND.

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Farmers in Minnesota are making some planting progress. According to the latest crop progress report from USDA, corn planting was 30 percent complete, 14 percent of the soybeans are in the ground, and half of the oats and spring wheat crops have been planted.

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Farmers National Company reports that overall farmland demand remains extraordinarily strong and land values are holding steady in most areas.

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Studies show that farmer suicide rates are several times higher than the national average. Jessica Cabrera, managing director of member engagement with the American Farm Bureau Federation, says mental health among farmers and ranchers is an important topic.

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The USDA released its 2024 Prospective Plantings Report in March. Mac Marshall, vice president of market intelligence for the United Soybean Board, talks about the soybean numbers that stood out in the report.

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Alan Bjerga with the National Milk Producers Federation has the details.

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The ethanol industry and its backers in Congress have a new concern over the Environmental Protection Agency’s handling of summertime E15 sales, allowed so far on a temporary summer-to-summer basis.

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After weeks of paying higher prices, those increases at the gas pump may be nearing a halt as refineries complete the transition from winter to summer gas blends. 

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USDA recently wrapped up a successful trade mission to New Delhi, India. Alexis Taylor, USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, says the first mission to India in seven years was very productive.

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About 13 percent of U.S. farms participated in Federal crop insurance programs in 2022, with the highest share from small family farms.

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In this week's episode of AGRI-BIZ, Cass County 4-H signs up a new round of kids for the Livestock Enhancement Program at the Red River Valley Fair, sugarbeet planting leaps forward in the region, researchers at the NDSU Carrington Research Center are gearing up for the growing season, USDA is trying to get ahead of bird flu in dairy cattle, and more.

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Oklahoma State University Livestock Market Economist, Derrell Peel, talks about the April Cattle on Feed Report released on April 19,

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The Rural Development Finance Corporation has issued its first loan through the Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program, which offers low-interest financing for the start-up, expansion or operation of regional meat processing facilities, to Kramlich-Deede Meats in Medina.

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