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Buckwheat, mustard crops get crop insurance, equipment lifts
Jeremy Peterson, vice president and co-owner of Minn-Dak Growers Ltd., a Grand Forks, N.D., processor of specialty crops including buckwheat and mustard, says a new insurance for buckwheat and a color sorter for mustard are good news for growers of both crops. 6:00 am, May 24, 2021
GRAND FORKS, N.D. Minn-Dak Growers Ltd. the region’s premier processors of buckwheat and mustard has some good news for growers of both crops.
Jeremy Peterson, 42, is vice president of Minn-Dak Growers Ltd., at Grand Forks, N.D., and farms in Minnesota near Drayton, N.D. He is the third generation in a specialty crop pioneering company that was created by his grandfather, Harris Peterson. Photo taken April 30, 2021, Grand Forks, N.D. Mikkel Pates / Agweek
Jeremy Peterson, vice president and co-owner of Minn-Dak Growers Ltd., a Grand Forks, N.D., processor of specialty crops including buckwheat and mustard, says a new insurance for buckwheat and a color sorter for mustard are good news for growers of both crops.