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• Kevin Baum, president of Farmers Plant Food, will remain with the business on a consulting basis to help with the transition to Koch Fertilizer.
• Baum founded Farmers Plant Food in 1980 as a regional fertilizer distributor of urea ammonium nitrate and a manufacturer of ammonium polyphosphate. It has expanded into other fertilizer produces in recent years.
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Officials urge caution with New Year's fireworks
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota firefighting officials are urging people to take extra care to prevent wildfires when using fireworks over the New Year's holiday period.
• Officials say grassland areas are still dry, which means the danger of wildfires is above normal for this time of year.
• State Wildland Fire Division Director Jay Esperance says people should use extreme caution when shooting fireworks. The discharge of fireworks is prohibited in the Black Hills Fire Protection District and some other areas.
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Packers face challenge in stopping Peterson
• GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Green Bay Packers cornerback Tramon Williams respects and admires Adrian Peterson.
• However, he doesn't want to see the Minnesota Vikings running back break the NFL's single-season rushing record against his team on Sunday.
• "If anybody deserves to get the record, it's definitely (Peterson), no doubt about it. But unfortunately, they're playing us," Williams said. "We want to put our best foot forward. It's going to be a tough task; we know that already. But if history is on our side, A.P. had his good game against us already. Hopefully, we can come back and get our good game against him.
• "If it happens, we've shown already that he can run for 200 and still win. But we want to play our best ball, we want to control all we can control, and the way the guys are playing, we think that we can put a better performance than we did the first game."
• Peterson rushed for 210 yards on 21 carries in the Packers' first game against the Vikings, on Dec. 2 at Lambeau Field. Green Bay won the game 23-14.
• Now, Peterson enters the regular-season finale with 1,898 yards, needing 208 yards to break Eric Dickerson's single-season rushing record of 2,105 yards, set in 1984.
• The Vikings (9-6) have a simple playoff scenario against the Packers: Win, and (Continued on page 16)
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