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10/24/11 (Mon)
AFBF announces summer internships
American Farm Bureau Federation has announced it has several summer internships available.
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Anti-Modern Ag Day?
A self-styled food "watchdog" group is sponsoring Food Day on Monday, October 24. The group's attack on modern agriculture practices could just as easily prompt us to call it Anti-Modern Ag Day...
Read Article10/20/11 (Thu)
New western N.D. Route 1000 classes posted
We've posted a couple of additional Route 1000 classes to the website. If you have a teen driver, it could pay to check out the class near you and sign you and your teen up!
Read Article10/19/11 (Wed)
Fun way to clear up misconceptions early
There is an animated cartoon on a kids' network in which a bull has an udder. While this may seem like an "udderly" ridiculous notion to a rancher...
Read Article10/18/11 (Tue)
N.D. Feeding Families
The effort to get a North Dakota constitutional amendment on the ballot has a website.
Read Article10/18/11 (Tue)
Ag Commissioner says EPA dust decision welcome
Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring said a declaration by federal officials that no plans are underway to regulate dust from agricultural operations is welcome news for North Dakota farmers and ranchers. But he doesn't think the issue is dead, either.
Read Article10/17/11 (Mon)
Young farmer shares farm life through blog
Val Wagner is a familiar face in Farm Bureau circles. She and her husband, Mark, have been on the NDFB Young Farmer & Rancher Committee, active in Farm Bureau in Dickey County and have also served as representatives on the American Farm Bureau Federation YF&R Committee. But...
Read Article10/14/11 (Fri)
Beware the dire predictions
Stewart Truelsen takes the "expert" dire prediction scenerio and sets it on its ear...
Read Article10/13/11 (Thu)
Governor urges EPA to drop haze plan takeover
BISMARCK, ND. – Gov. Jack Dalrymple today urged the Environmental Protection Agency to drop its plan to take over the state’s authority to regulate air quality...
Read Article10/12/11 (Wed)
AFBF tells Congress technical fixes need rigorous testing
The American Farm Bureau Federation told Congress today that the Federal Communmications Commission and Lightsquared must complete comprehensive and rigorous testing on all proposed technical fixes to ensure there is no interference between broadband and GPS signals...
Read Article10/11/11 (Tue)
The state of rural America
Last week, the United States Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service released its Rural America at a Glance for 2011...
Read Article10/10/11 (Mon)
Dates to keep and clothes to wear
Shop the NDFB Store to keep all your dates in one handy place, and outfit yourself in our windshirts, jackets and hats while playing cards with FB cards...
Read Article10/07/11 (Fri)
Did you know?
Farmers and ranchers have learned a lot about taking care of the land that feeds us all. Here just a few facts about improvements that are being made all the time....
Read Article10/06/11 (Thu)
Keep your teen driver safer
It's October. Have you signed your teen up for one of NDFB's Route 1000 classes? They start in late November and continue through early December in the larger cities in North Dakota.
Read Article10/05/11 (Wed)
Farm American on the track this weekend
The Farm American car will be on the track at the Kansas Speedway this weekend!
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