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Seedstock producers build agritourism business on their ranch

Sue Roesler
Jul 15, 2026
Jul 15, 2026

Amazing Acres, an agritourism site, opened last year for the first time on the Olson Hereford Ranch near Argusville, N.D.

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ARGUSVILLE, N.D. – When Lindsay and Carl Olson, owners and operators of Olson Hereford Ranch with Carl’s parents, received an APUC grant to help construct a building on their farm/ranch, it wasn’t for more farm storage or for their seedstock cattle.

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