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ADAMS COUNTY
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
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Ministerial Knudson Feeds celebrates 90 years of business Association FRANK TURNER to offer free Thanksgiving F Meal acrnews@countrymedia.net
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n Nov. 28, the West River Ministerial Association will host a Thanksgiving dinner at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church. The meal will be available from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. According to Methodist Pastor Duane Coates, the ministerial association is looking to provide “fellowship, companionship, and food” for everyone. “We want to provide for those who might find themselves without somewhere to go on thanksgiving, or for those who might have all of those things, but want to be involved with the community,” he said. The dinner on Nov 28 will be a classic Thanksgiving meal. Food will be available for pickup and the association plans to deliver the thanksgiving meals to the local assisted living center. This year will be the second annual Thanksgiving dinner hosted by the ministerial association. Although the association has played a big role in facilitating, Coates said that Rita Steinbach and other helpful volunteers are what have made the dinner possible. “Rita Steinbach,
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or three generations, the Knudson family has been serving the Adams County community, working with local producers and ranchers to provide various agricultural services. On Nov. 15, Knudson Feeds hosted an appreciation meal to celebrate over 90 years of business. According to Business Owner Dwight Knudson, the business started in 1929 when his grandfather moved the Knudson family to Hettinger and bought a grain elevator and a flourmill. Knudson said that the early stages of Knudson Feeds started with feed and flour production. “That flourmill made a lot of flour in the 30’s and 40’s,” said Knudson. “Actually, the flourmill is what kept my dad out of World War II, because making food was an essential industry.” Years later, in 1947, after the flour industry ebbed, Knudson’s grandfather altered the flour mill into the first pellet mill in west river North Dakota to create animal feed. The mill allowed the family business to manufacture pelleted feed from farmer’s grain the way the farmers wanted it made. In 1961, however, the mill burned down. After the fire in 1961, the Knudson family decided to rebuild.
Dwight’s father, Clarence Knudson rebuilt the small animal feed mill shortly after the original burned down in 61’. “My father Clarence designed the feed plant himself, pretty much from the ground up,” said Knudson. “It was all him.” Dwight said people advised Clarence not to build a small mill because he would regret the decision and would want to build a bigger KNUDSON » PAGE 2
The P.E. Knudson Mill & Elevator were staples for the Knudson’s family business. Top photo by Frank Turner, bottom image courtesy of Knudson Mill and Elevator.
Local producers honored at Harvest Bowl Awards FRANK TURNER
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ast week producers from all around the state gathered in Fargo to celebrate the 2019 Harvest Bowl Awards. For over 46 years, the North Dakota State University Harvest Bowl program has recognized select agriculturists and producers from 53 counties in North Dakota and seven counties in Minnesota. This year’s event honored a producer from each county for their hard work and dedication to agriculture. Jacki and Jordan Christman accept the Adams County 2019 Harvest Bowl Award. Photo by Frank Turner. “These are individuRiver Breeders Associafarming and ranching ing, implementation of from the Adams County als who are involved in tion chose local producnear Hettinger for over cover crops, and use of Soil Conservation their community and ers Jordan and Jacki 15 years. Throughout precision agricultural District, and in 2018 always working to imChristman to represent their years of productechnology. they were named the prove their management Adams County for the ing, they stuck to In 2015, the Hettinger Chamber of practices,” said Adams Harvest Bowl honor. conservation-minded farming couple reCommerce Ag ProducCounty Extension Jordan and Jacki agricultural practices, ceived the Conservation Agent Hannah Nordby. Christman have been including no-till farmAchievement Award AWARDS » PAGE 3 This year, the West
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