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FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2016, file Roger Johnson, President of the National Farmers Union, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. As Johnson prepares to step down after 11 years leading the group, he's well aware of the many challenges facing its members: A painful trade war, issues of climate change and the march of farm consolidation. But Johnson, a North Dakota native, says smaller operators can still find a way to carve out a living. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Retiring Farmers Union president: Family farms still viable

By JAMES MacPHERSON - Associated Press

Farmers Union president to retire after 11 years in role

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In this Feb. 21, 2017 photo, lifelong ham radio operator and expert tinkerer Tom Thompson poses for a photo inside his basement home office, where he operates a ham radio and other devices in Boulder, Colo. After discovering that radio interference was being caused by high-powered lights from home marijuana growers, Thompson built an electronic filter and has given them to nearby growers. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

What’s the buzz? Pot-growing lights vex ham radio operators

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 18, 2007 file photo, Roger Johnson, then the North Dakota agriculture commissioner , is seen in Bismarck, N.D. On Monday, March 10, 2014, Johnson was re-elected president of the National Farmers Union, a group he has led the group since 2009, after heading North Dakota's Agriculture Department for a dozen years. (AP Photo/Bismarck Tribune, Tom Stromme, File)

Johnson re-elected National Farmers Union leader

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FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2007 file photo, farmers Wayne Hauge, left, and Dave Monson talk about their industrial hemp lawsuit during a news conference in Bismarck, N.D. North Dakota's Agriculture Department issued the nation's first hemp production licenses to Monson and Hauge but neither has grown a crop, after failing to get approval from the Drug Enforcement Administration and losing a court battle against the federal government. Both farmers hope a farm bill provision allowing for the cultivation of research hemp crops will be a huge step toward making marijuana's cousin a viable farm commodity. (AP Photo/The Tribune, Will Kincaid, File)

Farm bill’s hemp research pleases 2 ND farmers

By BLAKE NICHOLSON - Associated Press

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