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Dakota Dirt Coffee fills up cups of joe across the Midwest
MILNOR, N.D. — Many farmers and ranchers begin their days off with a scorching cup of joe earlier than climbing within the tractor or tending to new child calves. That cup of caffeine would be the solely piece of solace and silence till they take off their boots and climb into mattress lengthy after the solar goes down.
Three North Dakotan males needed to boost that espresso ingesting expertise for the standard Midwestern espresso drinker and determined to promote premium roasted high quality proper in rural America.
The trio — one among whom is himself a farmer — created Dakota Dust Espresso, providing solely the best cup of grime to those that work in all of it day lengthy.
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Landon Mund, Wyatt Mund and Beau Goolsbey all grew up in Milnor, North Dakota. The 2 brothers and Goolsby shaped a lifelong bond that stretched into maturity. The threesome was all the time searching for one thing new and thrilling to do and had needed to start out a enterprise collectively for a while; they only didn’t know what. That was, till they determined to strive their palms at a espresso roasting enterprise.
“We needed to start out a enterprise and do one thing with our spare time,” Landon Mund stated. “We in the end landed on espresso as a result of all of us drink espresso fairly a bit.”
Landon’s basement grew to become the place the place the group would first try roasting their very own espresso. They tried a wide range of roasts to see which they most popular.
“Every part was a studying course of for us, quite a lot of trial and error,” Goolsbey stated.
The trio then set their sights on constructing a location to roast their java. They constructed a roasting facility of their hometown of Milnor. They use the again half of the constructing to roast, course of and pack their espresso. The entrance will likely be used as a espresso drive-through and a spot the place clients can get pleasure from their cups of espresso sooner or later. It was essential for them to supply a enjoyable espresso ingesting expertise of their rural group.
“What’s missing in small cities is issues to do. That’s one of many huge issues within the space that we wish to serve our group in, is give anyone one thing to return out and maintain busy doing on the weekends,” Goolsbey stated.
Emily Beal / Agweek
Landon Mund is not any stranger to beans, as he farms each soybeans and corn within the space. Nonetheless, espresso beans had been an entire new territory for him.
“For me, as a farmer, it’s actually cool to see these similarities. Working with a selected commodity, on our farm we farm corn and soybeans, and they’re quite a lot of similarities,” he stated. “We’re bringing in a product that farmers have planted and harvested and dropped at market.”
Dakota Dust Espresso will get their beans from all around the world, they usually have even visited a espresso bean farm in Costa Rica. They solely buy and import premium beans as they need their product to be the perfect.
Emily Beal / Agweek
They tried to seize the essence of the Midwest with their product, naming their blends Frozen Tundra, Flatlander, Buck Fever, Kickin’ Up Mud and different names that pay tribute to the area.
“We actually needed to be Midwest based mostly and put quite a lot of focus into the laborious staff of not solely rural America, however the Midwest basically,” Landon Mund stated.
Dakota Dust Espresso has a robust media presence, really giving their clients an inside look as to what the corporate is all about. The vast majority of their gross sales proper now are by an e-commerce web site. Nonetheless they do promote in choose retailers throughout the area. Whereas their model and product are Midwestern targeted, they’ve offered baggage of their premium espresso blends to all 50 states.
Their Midwestern attraction has even been seen by Tractor Provide Firm, which is able to start promoting Dakota Dust Espresso of their shops in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Montana in early November.
Emily Beal / Agweek
“It’s actually the right retail accomplice for us. We don’t do quite a lot of retail partnerships, however Tractor Provide is our core demographic,” Wyatt Mund stated. “I imply, we’re all about small city America, and that’s sort of what our espresso is. If you happen to check out the bag it is positioned towards a Midwest perspective.”
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North Dakota
Colorado’s opener with North Dakota State has most bets in 2024
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Colorado football is set to return to the Big 12 in 2024 with heightened expectations and a revitalized roster. Head coach Deion Sanders is preparing to capitalize on a significant influx of talent, with 41 transfers and six high school signees joining the squad. This influx provides an opportunity to improve upon last season’s 4-8 record and establish a stronger presence in the competitive Big 12 conference.
The release of the Big 12’s 2024 schedule has highlighted several pivotal matchups that could determine the success of the Buffaloes’ season. However, the non-conference schedule is equally critical, featuring challenging games that will test Colorado’s readiness for Big 12 play. Notably, the Week 1 game against North Dakota State (NDSU) stands out as a potential trap game that the Buffaloes cannot afford to underestimate.
Betting odds reflect the high interest in this matchup, with 82 percent of bets favoring Colorado, according to BetMGM. Despite Colorado being favored by 8.5 points, the narrow margin indicates a level of respect for NDSU’s capabilities. The Bison, although an FCS team, have a storied history of success, having won nine national championships since 2011, including two of the last five. Even with the departure of head coach Matt Entz, NDSU remains a formidable opponent under new head coach Tom Polasek.
Most bet college football game so far this year?
Answer: Colorado-North Dakota State 82% of money is on @CUBuffsFootball -8.5 at #BetMGM pic.twitter.com/xLCpPfbiTj
— John Ewing (@johnewing) July 18, 2024
The Buffaloes’ modest favor by just a touchdown at home underscores the challenge posed by NDSU. Polasek, formerly Wyoming’s offensive coordinator, brings a wealth of experience and a winning mentality to the Bison. The uncertainty surrounding NDSU’s starting quarterback adds intrigue, with Cam Miller’s potential return for a graduate year hanging in the balance. Miller’s impressive performance last season, with 32 total touchdowns and only four interceptions, makes him a critical factor. Additionally, wide receiver Eli Green, who averaged nearly 20 yards per catch in 2023, poses a significant threat to Colorado’s secondary.
Coach Sanders is acutely aware of the threat NDSU poses, emphasizing the need for his team to remain focused and prepared. “Don’t underestimate North Dakota State,” Sanders stated on FS1’s Undisputed. “Those guys come to play and they can play.” As the season approaches, Sanders and his squad will need to channel their motivation and talent to navigate both their non-conference and Big 12 schedules successfully.
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In RNC speech, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum says Trump will unleash American energy dominance
MILWAUKEE — Serving as North Dakota governor under former President Donald Trump was like having “a beautiful breeze at our back,” Doug Burgum said Wednesday, July 17, at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
The GOP governor, who was considered a top contender to be Trump’s vice president, contrasted that to President Joe Biden, saying being governor during the Democrat’s administration was like “a gale force wind in our face.”
“Biden’s war on energy hurts every American because the cost of energy is in everything that we use or touch every day,” Burgum said.
The governor took to the stage Wednesday night at the Fiserv Forum during the third day of the RNC. The governor from the second top-producing oil state in the U.S. criticized Biden’s policies on energy, claiming they have raised the price of gas, food, clothes and rent.
“Biden’s green agenda feels like it was written by China, Russia and Iran,” Burgum said.
Burgum was passed up on Monday as Trump’s vice president pick for U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, though there is speculation the North Dakotan could be a part of Trump’s administration.
The governor has spent time campaigning for Trump and looks to continue that. Burgum praised Trump as a friend of energy and a champion of innovation over regulation.
“Unleashing American energy dominance is our path back to prosperity and peace through strength,” Burgum said. “Teddy Roosevelt encouraged America to speak softly and carry a big stick. Energy dominance will be the big stick that President Trump will carry.”
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Burgum joked that the last time he was in Milwaukee, he had to stand on one leg behind a podium for the first Republican presidential debate for the 2024 election. The night before the August debate, which was also held in the Fiserv, Burgum tore his Achilles tendon during a pickup basketball game, sending him to the emergency room and putting him in a walking boot.
During the speech, he asked who would make America energy dominant, to which the crowd yelled twice, “Trump!”
On the third time, he asked the crowd to yell it loud enough to wake Biden up, an insult playing into reports that the Democrat is a 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. president and is in cognitive decline. The crowd replied “Trump” loudly.
“When Trump unleashes American energy, we unleash American prosperity and we ensure our national security,” Burgum said
Burgum, who is from the small town of Arthur, North Dakota, also said rural America and small towns feed, fuel and defend the world.
“Rural America is Trump country,” Burgum said.
In a statement issued after the speech, North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party Chair Adam Goldwyn called Burgum “a billionaire cosplaying as a cowboy with an undirected Carhartt.”
“Burgum signed one of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the country, and that is wreaking havoc on North Dakotan women,” Goldwyn said. “After supporting bills to promote equality in North Dakota, he threw LGBTQ folks under the bus when he signed laws that discriminate against them. Will Burgum finally return to North Dakota now, or will he continue to neglect his gubernatorial duties? Either way his time in the national spotlight is over and he is no longer a ‘top priority.’”
Trump secured the Republican nomination for president. He is expected to face Biden in the general election.
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Plain Talk: 'I'm bringing people together'
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MINOT — Sandi Sanford, chair of the North Dakota Republican Party, joined this episode of Plain Talk from the GOP’s national convention in Milwaukee, where, she said, “the security plan changed drastically” after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.
Republicans have been focused on unity at this event — two of Trump’s top rivals during the primaries, Gov. Ron DeSantis and former ambassador Nikki Haley, endorsed him in speeches at the convention — but Sanford acknowledged to my co-host Chad Oban and me that this may be a heavy lift.
“People know that what we’re dealing with in North Dakota with the different factions,” she said, initially calling the populist wing of the party the “far right” before correcting herself and describing them as “grassroots.”
The NDGOP delegation to the national convention
wasn’t necessarily behind Gov. Doug Burgum potentially being Trump’s running mate
(Burgum himself was passed over for a delegate slot by the NDGOP’s state convention), but Sanford said she felt the delegates were “really confident in Donald Trump and his pick.”
“It gets dicey,” she said of intraparty politics. “It can get cruel,” but Sanford said her job is to keep the factions united. “I’m bringing people together.”
Sanford also addressed a visit to the North Dakota delegation from Matt Schlapp of the American Conservative Union (the organization which puts on the Conservative Political Action Conference). In March, Schlapp paid
a nearly half-million settlement
to a man he allegedly made unwanted sexual advances toward. “My delegation wanted to hear from CPAC,” she said, adding that Schlapp was “on a speaking circle” addressing several state delegations.
Also on this episode, we discuss how the assassination attempt on Trump might impact the rest of this presidential election cycle and whether Democrats will replace incumbent President Joe Biden.
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