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Agribusiness

Newly active Texas sinkhole unearths forgotten fears in some

DAISETTA, Texas — When the massive sinkhole first appeared in Daisetta in May 2008, some residents had feared it might engulf their small Southeast Texas town. But after growing close to 600 feet across and 75 feet deep, it stabilized, swallowing up some oil tanks and several vehicles but ...

Overfishing threatens a way of life in the Bahamas

FREEPORT, Bahamas — Tereha Davis, whose family has fished for conch from waters around the Bahamas for five generations, remembers when she could walk into the water from the beach and pick up the marine snails from the seabed. But in recent years, Davis, 49, and conch fishers like her have ...

Tribe, US officials reach deal to save Colorado River water

PHOENIX — A Native American tribe in Arizona reached a deal Thursday with the U.S. government not to use some of its Colorado River water rights in return for $150 million and funding for a pipeline project. The $233 million pact with the Gila River Indian Community, announced in Phoenix, ...

Biden vetoes bill that sought to toss EPA water protections

WASHINGTON — Defending his administration’s actions on clean water, President Joe Biden on Thursday vetoed a congressional resolution that would have overturned protections for the nation’s waterways that Republicans have criticized as overly intrusive. Republicans — and some ...

Youth recognized at Nicollet County Holstein meeting

COURTLAND — Youth recognition and youth sponsorship were a big part of the Nicollet County Holstein Association’s annual meeting held Monday, March 27 at Swany’s in Courtland. The group met in conjunction with the Nicollet County DHIA since many members are involved in both ...

GFW senior earns MNIICCA scholarship

STEWART — Andrew Burns of Stewart, a high school senior attending Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop High School, was recently announced as the 2023 Minnesota Independent Crop Consultants Assoc. (MNICCA) scholarship recipient at the organization’s annual meeting held February 20, 2023 in Bloomington. ...