The RED RIVER VALLEY Local Section
covers eastern North Dakota and north-western
Minnesota. The Bois de Sioux and the Wild Rice rivers come together just south
of Fargo to originate the Red River {of the North}. The river constitutes the
North Dakota-Minnesota border and flows north into Manitoba, through Winnipeg,
ending at Lake Winnipeg.
The Red River Valley is principally flat,
extremely fertile farmland. Crops grown are high-value, short growing season
crops such as sugar beets, durum wheat (exported to Italy for pasta), potatoes,
and sunflowers. The soil is truely black; it competes well with the richest soils
in the world, e.g., in Idaho and the Ukraine.
Two Graduate institutions and several
excellent public and private Colleges and universities reside within or
near the boundaries of the Local Section. | 
