In spite of an announcement made earlier this week that VeraSun Energy will be delaying the start-up of its ethanol plant near Hankinson, North Dakota, the state’s energy industry is thriving.  KX News reported two stories concerning North Dakota’s energy industry:

The Future of ND Energy discusses the outlook state leaders have on the energy industry.  Quotes from Gov. John Hoeven [...]

Quote of the day–from Dr. James Dobson, head of Focus on the Family, concerning Barack Obama’s opinion that people who want to fight against abortion must do so in a way that everyone can connect with–including those who have no religion.
 ”What he’s trying to say here is unless everybody agrees, we have no right [...]

Chad Everson, owner of the Grizzly Groundswell blog site, informed me that his blog talk radio site will feature music from North Dakota this coming Friday.
Chad said:
These are the artists and the songs that I will be bringing you on Friday 1PM CST at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WGGRN  Honestly it was hard trimming down all the great songs [...]

According to this Minot Daily News editorial, North Dakota could be sitting on a budget surplus of more than $740 million by the time the 2009 legislative session starts.   From what I understand, much of the extra money is due to our booming oil fields in Bowman County and in the Bakken area.   The energy [...]

There were two tornadoes in the Bismarck-Mandan area just six days ago.  Now tornadovideos.net has announced that more tornadoes may be possible in western North Dakota today. 
Since I have a new window well, I will be eagerly awaiting any storms that get as far as Mandan.  I’m going to sit in my basement and watch [...]

I’m writing this at the risk of embarrasing someone I really admire.  I’m sure you’ll understand why.  It’s because an ordinary human being has done something extraordinary, and I’m grateful.
 This adventure begins with a leaky window.  After one phenomenal thunder storm last summer, one of our basement window wells filled with water, which leaked under the window into [...]

In a 4.4 billion deal, the agriculture company Bunge Ltd. will buy out Corn Products International, Inc.  The buyout was announced this morning, according to this article.
 From the article:

The buyout will combine Corn Products’ sweeteners, starches and other ingredients with Bunge’s portfolio of agribusiness, fertilizer, edible oil and milling products.
The global market for starches and [...]

Columnist John Reep, formerly of North Dakota, shares his pride in the state’s energy achievements in this post.  While he admits North Dakota has been ridiculed or ignored by much of the nation, he also said “Ultimately, North Dakota is having the last laugh.”
The post centers around North Dakota’s prominent and increasing role in the energy industry, mostly through [...]

This past January, MSU-Bottineau in northern North Dakota opened its Entrepreneurial Center of Horticulture.  Now, according to an article in the Minot Daily News, an advisory board has come together to help market locally grown crops.  
It’s common sense, in light of the recent tomato-samonella scare and rising transportation costs for people to get their produce from as close [...]

An article on North Dakota’s record-setting month for oil production made it to Business Week.  It seems the state’s energy industry is getting attention from a wider audience than it has before as the nation and world become more aware of our energy-producing potential.
One thing I didn’t know was that Bowman County, which is outside the [...]