Federal reports do not list any Chinese-owned ag land in South Dakota, although a Chinese company does own the Smithfield meatpacking plant in Sioux Falls, which is zoned as industrial land.

The North Dakota Mill on Tuesday reported record profits of $20.7 million for fiscal year 2024, an increase of 20.6% over profits of $17.2 million reported for fiscal year 2023. Vance Taylor, ...

North Dakota Mill President and CEO Vance Taylor hands out a profit-sharing check to Anita Sweatt and other employees at a company picnic in Grand Forks on Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

GRAND FORKS - After reporting record profits, the North Dakota Mill here is also reporting big profit-sharing payouts to its workers. The average worker earned an $11,600 bonus, about 21.9 percent ...

Efforts to block a land sale in North Dakota to a Chinese agribusiness subsidiary have failed. Fufeng USA is purchasing 370 acres in Grand Forks to build a $700 million corn milling project.

BISMARCK — The North Dakota Mill and Elevator Association reported Tuesday record profits of $20.7 million for the 2024 fiscal year — a 20.6% increase from $17.2 million reported in 2023 ...

During testimony Thursday on a bill to ban ownership of agricultural land by foreigners from six countries, a state official told lawmakers that Chinese spies visited South Dakota two years ago.

The mill began operating October 1922 as a value-added market for wheat produced in North Dakota. In the early 1900s, the flour mills and grain exchange in Minneapolis were the primary wheat ...