The Northern Hemp Summit wraps up today, the second day of programming here in Fargo, North Dakota.  Dr. David Ripplinger of North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension is responsible for the program and the varied slate of guests.  We were last in North Dakota in June, and reported on the NDSU Extension program in Hettinger in previous

This region of the US is far from a cannabis hotspot, but it hosts several crops that are unique to U.S. agriculture.  Canola, wheat, flax and pulses stand out in the predominantly corn/soy U.S. ag landscape. Corn/soy overlaps production of the above specialty crops in parts of the Northern Plains in some instances, and all these crops competed for farmer interest when operators were deciding what to sow in 2021.   Crop prices were up across the board, but…