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Southeast Asia team explores U.S. ‘wheat store’ during workshop stops in North Dakota, Oregon
A group of flour millers from Southeast Asia recently became pioneers of sorts, making up the first international trade team to receive instruction at the new home of the Northern Crops Institute (NCI). They also were the first team to visit U.S. Wheat Associates’(USW) new West Coast Office in Portland.
A rare orchid survives on a few tracts of prairie. Researchers want to learn its secrets
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — On a remote tallgrass prairie in North Dakota, a secretive orchid pokes up from the ground. You’ll only find it if you know where to look. The striking, bright white blooms of the western prairie fringed orchid are elusive to fans who try to catch a glimpse — and as a threatened species protected by the federal Endangered Species Act, it is also a puzzle for researchers trying to learn more about the orchid’s reproduction and role in its ecosystem.
Lots of diversity popping up at Menoken Farm
MENOKEN, N.D. – Farmers, ranchers, and other visitors to the annual “Crops, Covers & Cows” field day in August at Menoken Farm, the 150-acre conservation demonstration farm east of Bismarck, N.D., were amazed by the bountiful fields of corn, soybeans interseeded into winter rye, recently-headed sunflower and diverse blends of cover crops, along with many other annuals and perennials.
Preparing Dakota for display at North Dakota’s Heritage Center
"They were plant eaters. The reason they are called duck-billed dinosaurs is they have a beak in the very front of their mouth that they could use to snip off vegetation," explained Clint Boyd, NDGS Senior Paleontologist.
Dickinson State May Drop Bachelor’s Degree for Nursing
Tammy Buchholz, associate director of education for the North Dakota Board of Nursing, speaks during a board meeting on Aug. 22, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor) (North Dakota Monitor) -Nursing program administrators for Dickinson State University are looking at transitioning away from a four-year bachelor’s degree program to two-year degree...
‘State of the art’ self-serve convenience store opens Monday on Broadway in Minot
MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) - Usually, shoppers would provide their form of payment when they are ready to check out, but now the Magic City has a new self-serve store where you pay when you enter. The Enerbase C-Store at the South Broadway Cenex is the first of its kind in...
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