THE MINNESOTA GRAIN COMPANY WENT BROKE IN APRIL 2007. IT HAD ELEVATORS IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND IN EAST GRAND FORKS, MINN.
North Dakota`s Supreme Court says two farmers cannot be paid from a bond claim for barley they sold to a Minnesota grain company.
This year's 2008 Outstanding Sodbuster of the Year honoree is Mike Heinze of Dazey.
An incumbent took the prize on Tuesday's election day with a victory in Leal, despite not having his name on the ballot.