FARGO, N.D. – Corn harvest has slowed down and stopped in many areas of North Dakota as cold weather and snow swept through the state in late October/early November.
This week on AgweekTV, we kick off the indoor farm show season in Fargo at the Northern Ag Expo, where we'll discuss grain markets and possible greenhouse gas emission regulations. Once again it's time for year-end equipment buying. We check in on a small town in North Dakota where the community is trying to save its only restaurant. And we'll profile a unique, hands-on horse therapy business in small-town North Dakota.
The Northern Ag Expo, a trade show and educational event, comes to the Fargodome on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, after being cancelled due to COVID-19 a year ago. Gary Knutson, 78, executive director of the North Dakota Agricultural Association, which organizes the event, is retiring after holding that post since 1991. Association will shift to Stu Letcher, 54, who also is executive vice president of the North Dakota Grain Dealers Association.
Nozzle manufacturer Tee-Jet is optimistic spray drift issues will decline with education, experience and emerging technology in nozzle equipment for farm protectant applicators.
A Fargo, North Dakota, company, exhibiting recently at the Northern Ag Expo trade show in Fargo, has created a QR Code solution, selling landowners signs that hunters can use to determine if land is open for hunting and allows landowners to schedule use without phone calls.