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North Dakota Farmers UnionNDFU calls for acceleration of MFP payments
North Dakota Farmers Union today called for acceleration of Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments to farmers impacted by the trade war with China, rather than delay payouts until November and January. “Regardless of an expectation that maybe soybean purchases...
read moreFUI wins Emmy
Video Arts Studios of Fargo received the 2019 Upper Midwest EmmyⓇ Award for a Farmers Union Insurance Image Campaign at the 20th Anniversary Gala held on Oct. 5 at Mystic Center in Prior Lake, Minn. The campaign included two 30-second spots called “Beat Up Old Cap”...
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High school radio stations get boost from FUI
Student-led radio stations KLHS and KLPS – broadcast from inside Linton Public High School in southcentral North Dakota – recently received a financial boost from Farmers Union Insurance that allows for studio expansion. “The sponsorship has allowed us to construct a...
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FARMERS UNION INDUSTRIES SERIES: Reuse and recycle with Midwest Grease
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fifth in a series of monthly stories dedicated to Farmers Union Industries and its seven businesses. Farmers Union Industries’ businesses are centered around one theme — collecting that which was once simply thrown away and turning it...
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CO-OP MONTH: Communities turning to co-ops for childcare
Dana Santini understands why the childcare facility she runs in Hazen is so valuable to the community. The local businesses do as well, which is why they chose to undertake such a big project to make it happen. A collaboration of businesses including Basin Electric...
read moreNDFU weighs in on EPA decision to repeal WOTUS
North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne made the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement to repeal the 2015 Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule, which restores pre-2015 regulations for all states while EPA works to finalize a...
read moreFARMERS UNION INDUSTRIES SERIES: Great pet food starts with great ingredients
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth in a series of monthly stories dedicated to Farmers Union Industries, and its seven businesses.Since 1988, Northland Choice has been delivering quality proteins for pet food companies. Northland Choice uses fresh poultry from...
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Roger’s ride to D.C.
ROGER'S RIDE TO D.C. In late 1988 amid the ongoing crisis of high interest rates, farm foreclosures and rapidly decreasing land values, North Dakota Ag Commissioner-elect Sarah Vogel was worried about the short time frame from her election to taking office.With an...
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