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ST. PAUL — On a given day, Erin Smilanich might be managing just one foodborne illness outbreak.

During busier periods, she's investigating several, going through food makers' inventory lists, shoppers' grocery receipts and coordinating all the necessary chatter between different state agencies and divisions.

"I would say about 95% of my work...

Florida got semiconductors, New York energy storage, North Carolina advanced textiles, Louisiana alternative fuels, and Texas got defense and aerospace, among a few.

North Dakota, beating out 179 other proposals from around the country, got advanced agriculture.

On farms across North Dakota, researchers and startups are testing autonomous equ...

It may not have been the easiest of planting seasons, but sugarbeet growers still found photogenic moments among the difficulties. Whether it was a sweet moment with the next generation or

BROOKINGS, S.D. — Students looking to go into a dairy-related field at South Dakota State University have a new option.

A new two-year degree in Dairy Technology is being offered this year.

“That degree has a track for dairy production, which is working with the cows. And then we have a track for dairy products, which is working with chee...

My parents, like many other farmers in the time before crop insurance was essential, debated if they ought to purchase hail insurance.

There hadn’t been any significant hail damage for several years, so they decided not to purchase coverage.

As bad luck would have it, a devastating early August hailstorm hit. The clouds approaching from the w...