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The NDSU Feedlot School will include a commercial feedlot tour and a tour of the Carrington Research Extension Center’s livestock facilities. (NDSU photo)

The NDSU Feedlot School will include a commercial feedlot tour and a tour of the Carrington Research Extension Center’s livestock facilities. (NDSU photo)

2026 NDSU Feedlot School set for Jan. 21-22

Body North Dakota State University’s Carrington Research Extension Center will hold its annual NDSU Feedlot School on Jan. 21-22, 2026.
Buy-up option for prevented planting insurance eliminated

Buy-up option for prevented planting insurance eliminated

Buy-up option for prevented planting insurance eliminated

Body (JAMESTOWN, N.D.) – A new federal crop insurance rule that drops buy-up option coverage for prevented planting insurance will be “bad news for North Dakota farmers,” according to North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne.
Red River Farm Network

Red River Farm Network

Red River Farm Network

Body Ample global grain supplies continue to pressure commodity prices with exports seen as the key path toward a recovery. NDSU Extension Crops Economist Frayne Olson says the big crop kept inventories elevated, limiting upside potential.

Health Tip

Body Provided by Cavalier County Health District Jan 2: Four out of five car seats are used incorrectly; don’t take that risk. Join us for a free indoor Car Seat Safety Check on Jan. 14 at the Munich Ambulance Center or on Feb. 11 at D&B Motors in Langdon, both from 4:30 to 6:30 p.

DAKOTA DATEBOOK: Jens Dixen’s School

Body January 7, 2026 – Danish settlements were founded across North Dakota, but the largest and best-known were in the northwest portion of the state. By 1910, this region held 25% of all Danes in North Dakota.
Homemade chicken soup is ideal for cold and flu season

Homemade chicken soup is ideal for cold and flu season

Homemade chicken soup is ideal for cold and flu season

Body Cold and flu season arrives each year. Though there might be little people can do to avoid catching a cold or coming down with the flu, certain approaches can make it easier to get through a bout with either illness.

Olson named to UJ's Dean's List

Body JAMESTOWN, ND (12/29/2025)-- Isabelle Olson, of Langdon, N.D., was named to the Fall 2025 Dean's List at the University of Jamestown in Jamestown, N.D. Olson was among 421 students on the Dean's List. Students are named to the list when they earn a 3.