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Drying and storage concerns will arise if the corn is dried with large moisture content variations. (NDSU photo)

Drying and storage concerns will arise if the corn is dried with large moisture content variations. (NDSU photo)

Varying in-field moisture makes corn harvest, drying, storage a challenge

Due to a challenging spring planting season, corn has varying moisture levels between fields and even within fields. This may be due to replanted portions of fields, with the initial planted acres at about 15% while the replanted acres are still in the upper 20% moisture range.
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Use caution when grazing frost-damaged forage crops

As frost begins to appear across parts of the Northern Plains, temperatures have been low enough to cause leaf burning and plant stress in many frost-sensitive annual and perennial forage plants.
Solidarity Saturday rebrands to Amplify North Dakota A new era of community engagement

Solidarity Saturday rebrands to Amplify North Dakota A new era of community engagement

Solidarity Saturday rebrands to Amplify North Dakota

A new era of community engagementPrairie Action North Dakota Institute announces that the highly regarded Solidarity Saturday civic engagement program has evolved into Amplify North Dakota, reflecting a renewed commitment to fostering community connections and advocacy on key issues affecting our...
Wildfire Monitor map as seen in the State Emergency Operations Center, Department of Emergency Services.

Wildfire Monitor map as seen in the State Emergency Operations Center, Department of Emergency Services.

ND Department of Emergency Services releases new map tracking active wildfires

North Dakota Department of Emergency Services has released a new map that tracks current active wildfires across the state. The map shows live status information such as size and containment. The map Is found online at NDResponse.gov/ firemonltor.
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Valley News & Views

NDDOT hosts public input meeting for the Northern Red River Flood Study

The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) will host a public input meeting Monday, October 21, from 5 to 7 p.m. CDT to discuss the Northern Red River Flood Study from north of Grand Forks to the Canadian border.The meeting will be held at the Mlnto Community Center, 114 Harvey Ave.
Along the way

Along the way

Along the way

|“We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what’s wrong in your life, or you can focus on what’s right.- Marianne WilliamsonThere is tremendous association in the challenges life brings us. With each one there is a choice we can make in the parameters of our perception.
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Valley News & Views

Dakota datebook: Evan Lips

By Cathy Langemo Evan Edwin Lips, former three-term mayor of Bismarck, was born Oct, 17, 1918.