Backyard bird-feeding sales have been booming during the COVID-19 pandemic, giving an unexpected boost to sunflower growers and processors.
“Suddenly people of all ages have been drawn to bird-watching as they spend more time at home,” says Travis Schmidt, account manager, CHS Sunflower. “They’re looking for tranquility and a connection to nature that makes them feel good.
As one of the nation’s top six bird food processors, CHS has participated in the groundswell. CHS markets Feather Friend® and Chirp® wild bird food to cooperatives and farm-supply and garden-supply retailers, produces private-label bird food such as Royal Wing (a former CHS brand, now owned by Tractor Supply Co.) and sells bulk ingredients to other bird food manufacturers.
Rolling blackouts could continue in Dakotas, Minnesota as winter tests region s power grid
The electrical grid operator for 14 central U.S. states, including much of North, South Dakota, and the western edge of Minnesota, instituted its most serious level of alert for the first time in its history this week, leading to controlled outages in all three states on Tuesday morning.
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A Moorhead power substation is seen Feb. 16, a day when some power customers in the city experienced rolling blackouts. Alyssa Goelzer / The Forum
MOORHEAD Across parts of Moorhead on Tuesday morning, Feb. 16, neighbors were calling each other with essentially the same question: Is your power out?