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Goehring working on harvest, reflects on the year

Sue Roesler
Nov 3, 2025
Nov 3, 2025

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Doug Goehring, North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner, and a farmer with his son, Dustin, near Menoken, N.D., is still slogging through muddy fields, trying to cut soybeans. It is slow going, especially with rain falling every couple of days and the header continuing to "gum up" from the mud.

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