News
6/17/11 (Fri)
BND loan programs for weather-affected businesses and farmers
Bank of North Dakota (BND) has implemented new, low-interest, disaster relief loan programs to help businesses and agricultural producers impacted by 2011 weather-related events.
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Fuel tax refund deadline coming soon
Tax Commissioner Cory Fong reminds eligible consumers that June 30 is the last day to apply for a refund of the state fuel taxes they paid on gasoline/gasohol purchased during 2010. The refund is available to farmers, ranchers, industrial contractors, emergency medical services operations and certain Native Americans.
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CPI shows slight increase in food inflation
According to the latest Consumer Price Index reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the food index rose 0.4 percent in May, the same increase as in April.
Read Article6/14/11 (Tue)
The Pledge
It's Flag Day. North Dakota Farm Bureau has a short video reminder for all of us...
Read Article6/13/11 (Mon)
Governor urges observance of Flag Day and Flag Week
BISMARCK, N.D. – In accordance with a proclamation signed by the President, Governor Jack Dalrymple is calling on North Dakotans to observe Flag Day, Tuesday, June 14, and National Flag Week, the week beginning June 12, by displaying the American flag and honoring those who have served and sacrificed in defense of our great nation.
Read Article6/09/11 (Thu)
N.D. leaders press for assistance for farmers in Devils Lake basin
A priority issue for North Dakota Farm Bureau has received attention from North Dakota leaders. Gov. Jack Dalrymple and Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring have asked federal officials to make an exception in prevented planting policy for producers in the Devils Lake basin whose farms have shrunk or disappeared due to the lake’s rising waters.
Read Article6/08/11 (Wed)
Court decision gives AFBF seat at the table in pesticide lawsuit
A June 3 decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California allowing the American Farm Bureau Federation and other agricultural groups to intervene in a major lawsuit over pesticide use and the Endangered Species Act gives the groups a “seat at the table” in settlement discussions, according to Ellen Steen, AFBF’s general counsel.
Read Article6/07/11 (Tue)
When did food become so complicated?
An editorial by American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman - Sustainability. Organic. Biotech. Big Ag. Local. Pure. These are just a few labels being tossed around freely to discuss something that I’ve always thought of as a pretty simple and straight-forward concept: Eating.
Read Article6/06/11 (Mon)
NDSU program compares prevented planting with planting
It is decision time for many North Dakota producers because wet weather has pushed them beyond the date where they can opt for prevented planting insurance.
Read Article6/03/11 (Fri)
Abandoned mineral statute needs revision
There is need for legislation to clarify North Dakota's abandoned mineral statute, according to a recent review written by Sara K. Sorensen, attorney at Ohnstad Twichell Law Firm of West Fargo.
Read Article6/02/11 (Thu)
Choose My Plate
USDA has replaced the food pyramid with a plate, calling the new icon a “monumental effort” to improve America’s health.
Read Article6/01/11 (Wed)
June is Dairy Month
It's the first of June and that means Dairy Month has begun! If you love milk or cheese or yogurt, take a moment this month to thank those hard working dairy farmers, because without them, we would not have all the wonderful dairy products we enjoy.
Read Article5/27/11 (Fri)
A very personal column
As people along the Missouri River below Garrison Dam prepare for a 100 year-flood, Devils Lake farmer and NDFB President Eric Aasmundstad shares his very personal story of loss at the hands of Devils Lake.
Read Article5/26/11 (Thu)
Project Safe Send dates set
BISMARCK – Project Safe Send, North Dakota’s annual collection of unusable pesticides, will be conducted at 12 locations in July.
Read Article5/26/11 (Thu)
Water, water, water
Just six years ago, Lake Sakakawea was so low, long submerged structures were sticking out of the water and causing problems.
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