North Dakota
North Dakota needs ag processing. Let’s make sure we’re approving the right projects
North Dakota might quickly be experiencing large modifications when it concerns where its ag items go.
For several years, North Dakota has actually sent out around 70% of its soybeans to the Pacific Northwest, bound for export. Almost a quarter of the soybeans expanded in the state have actually mosted likely to various other states for handling, while just around 6% have actually been refined in state, according to the North Dakota Soybean Council. Amongst the leading 10 soybean generating states, just North Dakota has so little soybean handling.
That will likely alter quickly.
ADM is rebuilding the previous Cargill malt plant in Spiritwood, North Dakota, right into a soybean handling plant
. And Also North Dakota Soybean Cpus — a team ran by Minnesota Soybean Cpus as well as CBG Enterprises —
strategies to develop one more soybean plant in Casselton
.
Yet the suggested Casselton plant has actually obtained some pushback from individuals that assume it’s also near community as well as have a host of various other grievances connected to web traffic as well as sound problems.
On the other hand, a pair hrs north, people of Grand Forks have
pressed back versus a scheduled corn damp milling plant suggested by Fufeng, a Chinese food handling firm
. The grievances because circumstance consist of bother with odor as well as ecological effect, concerns connected to country land being linked right into the city as well as problems concerning a firm with close connections to the Chinese federal government heading the task.
North Dakota requires ag handling. We create a great deal of plants that need to delegate be made right into their output. And also throughout the Trump management’s profession battle, we saw what can occur when you depend also greatly on exports. Soybeans had no place to go as well as rates dropped.
And also, handling plants can offer tasks, tax obligation base as well as various other positives for neighborhoods when done properly. We’ve seen various other sorts of commercial advancement, like the Amazon.com center in Fargo, increase with little resistance.
Ag handling jobs need to get rid of “not-in-my-backyard” kinds, that will certainly oppose any kind of task that might also tangentially enter their lives, while inviting jobs somewhere else. That is a typical concern almost everywhere, as well as when those kinds are only singing minorities, they must not have the ability to stand up a job.
Nonetheless, these jobs must not rate with open arms up until the controling bodies determining whether to allow them relocate provide appropriate due persistance. We’ve seen in the past, in North Dakota as well as somewhere else, where business can ride know a white equine with a great deal of guarantees however wind up slipping out of community when points fail. Producers often go overdue as well as troubles go unresolved. Often, manufacturing plants have actually been restored by various other business; often financial investments waste away as well as structures rest vacant.
The federal government firms that are charged with determining whether to enable ag handling plants have a huge work to do. They require to see to it business are steady as well as reliable. They require to see to it jobs are sensible. They require to see to it the setting as well as individuals around websites are not damaged.
Therefore, the North Dakota Soybean Cpus advocates appear to be doing what they can to respond to inquiries as well as guarantee it is a job that will certainly assist, not injury, Casselton as well as the bordering location. They’ve responded to inquiries as well as attempted to provide remedies to troubles.
On the various other hand, warnings remain to turn up around the Fufeng task in Grand Forks. And also those flags just expand larger as well as brighter as city, financial advancement as well as firm authorities neglect grievances, aspersion challengers or decline to respond to inquiries.
We require ag handling, however moving forward with the incorrect jobs might not just injury neighborhoods however additionally damage the possibilities of future jobs being provided the factor to consider they must obtain.
We prompt neighborhoods that are checking out prospective ag handling centers to provide the jobs a reasonable shake, however additionally to do the due persistance required to see to it that it’s the appropriate task, at the correct time, in the appropriate area, with the appropriate companions. And also if it’s the appropriate task, it’s up to those in farming to reveal their assistance. Also if it isn’t mosting likely to straight influence your profits, an excellent ag handling task has the prospective to raise farming much past a provided location.
Attorney General Drew Wrigley (R-ND)
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO Prairie Public Radio) – More than a month after KFGO News reported that West Fargo-based Epic Companies closed and is under investigation, Attorney General Drew Wrigley has made his first public comments.
Wrigley was asked about Epic during a news conference in Bismarck where he released 2023 state crime statistics.
“It’s obviously a very concerning matter,” Wrigley said. “There’s not always criminal wrongdoing, but if there is evidence of that, we pursue those investigations. Sometimes, they’re civil in nature, but whatever category it falls under, it’s concerning in nature. It’s being monitored, and it’s being evaluated, and it’s being investigated.”
Epic owns or manages commercial and residential buildings across the region and was hired to run “Norsk Hostfest” in Minot, which is back under local control for this fall’s event.
Epic has laid off employees and a number of contractors and suppliers say they’re owed significant amounts of money.
No one from the company will comment. Several sources say the company is under both state and federal investigation.
Among the agencies investigating is the state securities department.
North Dakota
Brig. Gen. Mitchell R. Johnson is new adjutant general for the North Dakota National Guard
BISMARCK — Gov. Doug Burgum has chosen Brig. Gen. Mitchell R. Johnson as the next adjutant general of the North Dakota National Guard and director of the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services, the governor’s office said in a news release.
Johnson’s new role takes effect Sept. 15, 2024.
He succeeds Maj. Gen. Alan Dohrmann, who will retire after nearly nine years as adjutant general and more than 40 years of military service, the release said.
Jeremy Turley / Forum News Service
Johnson most recently served as commander of the Fargo-based 119th Wing of the North Dakota Air National Guard from March 2021 to January 2024.
Before that, he was vice commander of the wing, nicknamed the “Happy Hooligans,” from August 2018 to March 2021.
As adjutant general, Johnson will lead the North Dakota National Guard, with its 4,200 service members, while continuing strong relationships with Air Force bases in Grand Forks and Minot, the release said.
“I look forward to serving the citizens of North Dakota and building on Maj. Gen. Dohrmann’s outstanding record of leadership, knowing that our National Guard soldiers and airmen and Department of Emergency Services personnel are highly capable, well-trained and well-prepared for any challenge that comes our way,” Johnson said in the release.
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It’s fair time again.
I can almost hear the carnies offering me a “free one” if I come over to their booth and show off my arm. There’s something about the smell of fair food. Ribs, tacos, hamburgers, and hot dogs all taste better at the fair.
We especially love county fairs in North Dakota.
I love the 4-H exhibits from animals to crafts. I have an appreciation for all the hard work and discipline these young men and women have had to endure for their big moment to shine and show off all their hard work over the past year.
I love live music. There’s something about the roar of the crowd when your favorite artist takes the stage at a concert. Street dances in small towns have always been a favorite of mine. The parades and social gatherings are always a highlight of the summer.
Area Guide for North Dakota County and Other Fairs:
The McLean County Fair took place June 14th to June 16th in Underwood. Find out more info here.
Stutsman County Fair-took place June 12th to June 16th-Jamestown, North Dakota. Find out more info here.
Roughrider Days-June 19th to July 7th-Dickinson, North Dakota. (Gary Levox, frontman of Rascal Flatts in concert) Find out more here.
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Red River Valley Fair-June 28th to July 14th-West Fargo, North Dakota. (Blake Shelton, Goo Goo Dolls, Sublime, Hairball, Ludacris, & Riley Green in concert) Find out more info here.
Kidder County Fair-July 10th to July 13th-Steele, North Dakota. Find out more info here.
Mercer County Fair-July 10th to July 14th-Beulah, North Dakota. Find out more info here.
Hettinger County Fair-July 11th to July 14th-Mott, North Dakota. Find out more info here.
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North Dakota State Fair-July 19th to July 27th-Minot, North Dakota (Lainey Wilson, Thomas Rhett, Motley Crue, Sawyer Brown, Lil Wayne & MGK in concert). Find out more info here.
Morton County Fair-July 31st to August 4th-New Salem, North Dakota. Find out more info here.
Oliver County Fair-August 8th to August 10th-Center, North Dakota. Find out more info here.
Grant County Fair-August 15th to August 18th-Carson, North Dakota. Find out more info here.
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