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Former FEMA leaders consider AM an integral part of the emergency alert system -- something that should not be removed from the newest electric vehicles.
Commercial farmers in Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Minnesota start using drones for spraying, seeding.
John Deere has 75,000 employees worldwide. Just 30 of them have been named John Deere Fellows of Excellence, and five of those 30 are in Fargo at the Intelligent Solutions Group.
Equipment makers such as Deere have generally required customers to use their parts and service divisions for repairs and until recently, only allowed authorized dealers the means and tools to access the complex machinery.

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Green Plains Inc., of Omaha, Nebraska, is a company that markets corn ethanol coproducts and is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into equipment bolt-ons at their own ethanol plants.
Deere & Company has one of its worldwide research technology hubs in Fargo, North Dakota -- a big part of the fabled company’s “brain.”
Five John Deere engineers in Fargo, North Dakota, have been named elite “Fellows” by the company, honoring their contributions.
West Virginia University for about 20 years has been working on tracking feed and water intake of animals. What they've learned is some cattle have traits that make them more efficient than others.
Researcher's technological tools include genome markers, robots and drones.
Needing to secure its own cold chain, JonnyPops develops Vortex Cold Storage at Albert Lea, Minnesota.

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From a 50-acre greenhouse to a 40-by-8 shipping container, growers across the region are using technology and ingenuity to keep fresh greens on the table year-round.
Demand has boosted prices for some crops, which include field peas, oats and canola, grown in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota on varying numbers of acres.
Jayson Lusk, a distinguished professor and head of the Agricultural Economics Department at Purdue University in Indiana, has some ideas where the future of food and agriculture is headed.

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