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5/07/12 (Mon)
Farm Bureau attends wetland delineation meeting
Michael Martin, Dickey County Farm Bureau President, represented North Dakota Farm Bureau at a wetlands delineation meeting held recently in Fargo by Senator John Hoeven.
Read Article5/03/12 (Thu)
Rabies on the increase in N.D.
BISMARCK – Citing a significant increase in rabies cases, North Dakota animal health officials are urging pet owners to make sure their animals are vaccinated against the disease.
Read Article5/02/12 (Wed)
AFBF outlines transportation report priorities
As House and Senate conferees prepare to conference on a surface transportation bill, the American Farm Bureau Federation sent a letter Tuesday strongly urging them to include several priority provisions in the final conference report.
Read Article5/01/12 (Tue)
New bill would preserve Clean Water Act
The American Farm Bureau Federation this week asked members of Congress to support H.R. 4965, a bill that would preserve existing U.S. water rights and responsibilities to the Clean Water Act.
Read Article4/30/12 (Mon)
NDFB supports farm safety education
North Dakota Farm Bureau supports the decision by the Department of Labor to withdraw proposed child labor rules as they pertain to agriculture and instead focus on farm safety education...
Read Article4/27/12 (Fri)
Child labor proposal withdrawn
American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman made the following statement regarding the withdrawal of the overreaching child labor proposal: “The Labor Department’s notification today that it is withdrawing proposed rules that would have prevented many young people from working in agriculture is the right decision for our nation’s family-based agriculture system..."
Read Article4/25/12 (Wed)
Grainger saves FB members, well, a bunch!
Last year, Farm Bureau members across the nation saved more than $7.6 million through the special Grainger discount for Farm Bureau members.
Read Article4/24/12 (Tue)
Three farmers talking
The U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance, of which American Farm Bureau Federation is a member, recently posted a video with three Indiana farmers asking them questions about everything from farming methods to common misperceptions...
Read Article4/24/12 (Tue)
BSE statement from AFBF President
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 24, 2012— “American beef and dairy products are safe. The safeguards our government has in place to detect any incidence of this disease are clearly working. The report of a cow with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, discovered during the pre-rendering process, is proof that our detection system works.
Read Article4/23/12 (Mon)
Have you heard the latest Val and Pal?
Why do they do that? If you aren't a farmer, you might wonder why farmers and ranchers do some of the things they do. We want to help you understand by giving you the answers straight from a farmers' mouth! Listen to Val and Pal on the radio every Monday morning between 7:30 and 8 a.m.
Read Article4/20/12 (Fri)
Produce and protect
American farmers are growing more and feeding more people with each passing decade. And they are doing it on fewer acres, with improvements to our environment.
Read Article4/19/12 (Thu)
Modern agriculture: More, with less
Think "big ag" is destroying our environment? Check out this graphic. It reveals just how much more farmers and ranchers are doing with less.
Read Article4/18/12 (Wed)
As we approach Earth Day
Sunday, April 22 is Earth Day. In commemoration of the day, we thought we'd share some of the ways that farmers and ranchers are making our Earth a better place to live by doing more with less...
Read Article4/17/12 (Tue)
Food prices settling down
The American Farm Bureau Federation’s Marketbasket Survey for the first quarter of 2012 shows retail prices were up about 7 percent from last year at this time and from last quarter. However, the news is not all bad said John Anderson, an AFBF economist.
Read Article4/16/12 (Mon)
NDFB President talks crop insurance and budget cuts
In this week's NDFB Newsline, NDFB President Doyle Johannes talks about the importance of crop insurance and says further cuts should not be made...
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