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    January 20, 2019
    Pheasants Forever CEO and President Howard Vincent addresses a crowd of 700 corn farmers and guests at the 33rd annual South Dakota Corn Farmers Association meeting in Sioux Falls on Saturday, Jan. 19. Ellen Bardash / Forum News Service
    Pheasants Forever’s Vincent speaks on SD conservation efforts
    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- The keynote speaker at the 33rd annual South Dakota Corn Growers Association’s meeting was one who hopes his organization...
    business/agricultureJanuary 20, 2019 - 4:15pm
    Palm trees at the Malaysian Palm Oil Board research plantation in Kluang, Johor, Malaysia, on Sept. 18, 2018. Bloomberg photo by Joshua Paul.
    The world has loads of sustainable palm oil - but no one wants it
    The world's biggest growers of palm oil say they're stepping up efforts to produce the contentious commodity more sustainably, but consumers...
    businessJanuary 20, 2019 - 12:59pm
    January 19, 2019
    Dried corn shines in the fall sunlight near Washburn, N.D., on Sept. 19. Where yields were good in 2018, farmland rental rates are generally holding steady. Nick Nelson / Forum News Service
    Farmland rental rates holding steady but with exceptions
    As many farmers and their landlords renegotiate rental agreements that expired after the 2018 crop season, this generalization about farmland...
    business/agricultureJanuary 19, 2019 - 4:26pm
    The word "taxes" is seen on the facade of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters in Washington. Bloomberg photo by Andrew Harrer
    Shutdown undercuts the IRS, just in time for a particularly difficult tax season
    WASHINGTON - The government shutdown is hampering the Internal Revenue Service's ability to prepare for the first filing season under the new...
    businessJanuary 19, 2019 - 1:53pm
    January 18, 2019
    Low wages continue to hamper South Dakota’s workforce: 70% of workers make less than $40K a year
    PIERRE, S.D. — Jobs are plentiful in South Dakota, but most positions pay well below the national average and far lower than neighboring states....
    business/workplaceJanuary 18, 2019 - 7:22pm
    Casselton oil train explosion, Dec. 30, 2013
    North Dakota Industrial Commission votes to reduce testing that ensures safe oil transport
    BISMARCK — The North Dakota Industrial Commission voted unanimously Friday, Jan. 18, to change how it monitors oil conditioning standards that...
    business/energy-and-miningJanuary 18, 2019 - 6:31pm
    State Veterinarian Susan Keller Submitted photo
    Bovine tuberculosis, transmittable to humans, found in southeast North Dakota beef herd
    BISMARCK — State veterinarians are investigating a beef cattle herd in southeast North Dakota after a first-of-its-kind strain of bovine tuberculosis...
    business/agricultureJanuary 18, 2019 - 5:59pm
    North Dakota Department of Health issues first medical marijuana cards
    BISMARCK — The North Dakota Department of Health has printed and issued more that 70 medical marijuana identification cards to qualifying patients...
    business/healthcareJanuary 18, 2019 - 5:12pm
    Nick Nelson / Agweek
    Get a plan for nonproductive land: Solutions take time, but can be found
    DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — Area farmers invest a great deal of time and money to make the best use of productive farmland. But their effort should...
    business/agricultureJanuary 18, 2019 - 6:00am
    January 17, 2019
    An oil well pump in a sunflower field on July 26, 2015, west of Dickinson just off Interstate 94 as a storm brews off to the east. 2015 Forum News Service photo
    Compromise proposed for sharing state, tribal oil tax revenue
    BISMARCK — A proposal in the North Dakota Senate could resolve a long-running dispute over how oil tax revenue is split with the Mandan, Hidatsa...
    business/energy-and-miningJanuary 17, 2019 - 7:12pm
    South Dakota sees ninth straight year of tourism growth
    PIERRE, S.D. — For the ninth year in a row, South Dakota saw increased growth in tourism to the state in 2018, according to newly released...
    business/tourismJanuary 17, 2019 - 7:09pm
    Shopko in Mayville, N.D., is seen in 2016 when it opened. The store is on the closure list. Forum News Service file photo
    Shopko to shut additional tri-state area locations
    GREEN BAY, Wis. — A handful of stores in Upper Midwestern states are slated to close after general merchandise retailer Shopko announced it...
    business/retailJanuary 17, 2019 - 5:34pm
    WATCH: Explosion reported at Watford City salt water disposal site
    WATFORD CITY, N.D. — Emergency personnel responded to an explosion at an oilfield salt water disposal site southeast of here Thursday, Jan. 17. Karolin Jappe, McKenzie County's emergency manager, said there was one man on site at the time and he was not injured. The incident, which...
    business/energy-and-miningJanuary 17, 2019 - 4:16pm
    Signage is displayed outside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Bloomberg photo by David Paul Morris
    Facebook disables hundreds of accounts tied to Russian news agency for hiding their identity
    Facebook on Thursday, Jan. 17, said it had removed hundreds of pages that originated in Russia for engaging in "coordinated inauthentic behavior"...
    businessJanuary 17, 2019 - 1:31pm
    A slide provides gravity assisted travel between floors at Discovery Benefits in Fargo. Dave Olson/The Forum
    Fargo-based Discovery Benefits sold to WEX for $425 million
    FARGO — State Bankshares, the parent company of Fargo-based Bell Bank, announced Thursday, Jan. 17, that it has signed an agreement to sell...
    businessJanuary 17, 2019 - 10:10am
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