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Renewable Accounts: Narrowing the scope of bioproducts
In my last column, I shared the standard definitions of biomass, bioproducts, bioenergy and biofuels. You may recall that the definition of bioproducts is extremely broad because it encompasses all products made with living material: food, feed, fiber,...Tags: Material Science, Renewable Energy, Research, Environmental Issues, Biofuels
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Scarce hay supplies threaten North Dakota state horse
LINTON, N.D. (AP) - The official North Dakota horse could be wiped off the state map. A conservancy group says high hay prices caused by a prolonged drought and a sharp drop in donations have combined to limit food supplies and threaten breeding herds...Tags: Animals, National Parks, Theodore Roosevelt, Tourism and Leisure, Travel
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Snow storm in Dakotas sets several records
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Everyone from students to lawmakers are getting the day off after a record-breaking snow storm in North Dakota over the weekend. National Weather Service reports show as much as a foot and a half of snow fell in western and...Tags: Snow Storms, Weather Reports, Weather
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North Dakota governor approves 6-week abortion ban
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed legislation Tuesday that that would make North Dakota the nation's most restrictive state on abortion rights, banning the procedure if a fetal heartbeat can be detected — something that can...Tags: Executive Branch, Abortion, Crime, Law and Justice, Government, U.S. Supreme Court
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Animal philosopher or livestock stewardship?
FARGO, N.D. -- Gerald "Jerry" Stokka is a new kind of livestock specialist at North Dakota State University -- sort of a people's philosopher for the industry. His specialty? Livestock stewardship. Stokka says his entire career has prepared him for...Tags: Kansas State University , Iowa State University , Consumers, Vaccines, Philosophy
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N.D. legislature aiding soil health problems
FARGO, N.D. -- A new state specialist unveiled North Dakota State University's new Soil Health and Land Management Initiative at the Northern Ag Expo in Fargo, N.D., Nov. 27 and 28. Abbey Wick, an assistant professor of soil science and an extension...Tags: Productivity, Salt, Chemical Industry, Fertilizer, Agricultural Research and Technology
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New smoking ban will save lives
Smoking huts outside bars around North Dakota will go the way of horse carriage garages when a new statewide smoking ban takes effect. North Dakota has joined 29 other states in passing a more stringent statewide ban on indoor smoking in public places and...Tags: Judges, Heart Attack, Health Insurance Cost, Laws, Civil Laws
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Idaho ponders first felony animal abuse penalties
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - For a decade Jeff Rosenthal has campaigned to toughen the consequences for people who neglect, abuse and torture animals in Idaho. And for just as long, the director of the Idaho Humane Society has received the legislative stiff-...Tags: Pets, Trials, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Voting
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N.D. Natural Beef LLC: Paying off its $330,000 debt
It is difficult to say who is most responsible for unsettled debts of North Dakota Natural Beef LLC - whether a legal or moral duty lies with that company's board, or with the board of the North American Bison Cooperative LLC, which has become its...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research and Technology, Science and Technology, Financially Distressed Companies
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Idaho ponders first felony animal abuse penalties
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — For a decade Jeff Rosenthal has campaigned to toughen the consequences for people who neglect, abuse and torture animals in Idaho. And for just as long, the director of the Idaho Humane Society has received the legislative...Tags: Trials, Pets, Laws, Civil Rights, Voting
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Should grain broker bonds be increased?
FARGO, N.D. - The Anderson Seed Co. Inc., case - with some $4 million in unpaid sunflower deliveries in two states - is the latest case that screams out for higher bond amounts for elevators in cases of insolvency, a North Dakota lawyer says. Anderson...Tags: Bankruptcy, Crime, Law and Justice, Republican Party, Lawyers, Justice System
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SD House panel kills bill supporting fracking
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Any state law supporting the use of hydraulic fracturing as an oil production technique would be trumped by any federal regulations that might be passed, an aide to Gov. Dennis Daugaard said Thursday. Nathan Sanderson, a...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Laws, Natural Resources, National Government
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