News
8/29/11 (Mon)
NDFB once again sponsoring RRFN tent at Big Iron
North Dakota Farm Bureau will co-sponsor the Red River Farm Network tent at Big Iron, September 13-15 at the West Fargo fairgrounds.
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Learn about livestock and farming
Do you wonder how a horse can sleep standing up, how many sweaters the wool from one sheep will make or how milk gets to your table?
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Nomination deadline a week away
If you haven't already done so, consider nominating a deserving individual or family for the 2012 Cultivation Award, by September 1.
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Ag biotech driven by American innovation
An editorial by John Hart - Throughout history, a spirit of innovation has characterized the United States of America. From the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the space race to the computer age, Americans have always been innovators. And innovation has always found a home on the American farm.
Read Article8/23/11 (Tue)
Drain tiling at Big Iron
The North Dakota State University Extension Service will be conducting tile drain field demonstrations at the Big Iron Farm Show in West Fargo on Sept. 13-15.
Read Article8/22/11 (Mon)
My American Farm site expands with new game
As far as professions are concerned, farming and ranching are among the most challenging. A new interactive online game offered by the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture, “The Ultimate Challenge,” delivers key lessons about agriculture while providing a fun gaming experience.
Read Article8/11/11 (Thu)
AFBF pleased by DOT guidance on ag transportation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Farm Bureau Federation is pleased the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration listened to farmer and rancher concerns regarding changes to agricultural transportation regulations and commercial drivers license provisions.
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Project Safe Send by the numbers
BISMARCK – Nearly 95 tons of unusable pesticides were collected and transported out of North Dakota in 2011 through Project Safe Send.
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Feeding Families, Meating Needs
Feeding Families, Meating Needs is an effort by the YF&R group to help provide meat to families in need across the state. They are urging those who can, to make either meat or monetary donations to the program.
Read Article8/02/11 (Tue)
NDFB petitions for Constitutional Amendment
North Dakota Farm Bureau has submitted language to the North Dakota Secretary of State for an initiated measure to place a Constitutional Amendment on the ballot safeguarding farming and ranching in the state.
Read Article7/29/11 (Fri)
Flood fighting farmer featured in Focus, online
North Dakota Farm Bureau's official bimonthly publication Focus is now posted online, and features a story on flooding fighting farmer, Paul Thomas.
Read Article7/28/11 (Thu)
Farming and ranching a get rich quick scheme?
An editorial by John Hart -- For some time now, the investment guru Jim Rogers has been encouraging young people not to pursue careers in high finance, but to become farmers. Rogers argues that in these times, farming is a greater path to wealth and riches than investment banking.
Read Article7/27/11 (Wed)
Discrepancy in the data
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An updated report on the science surrounding Chesapeake Bay water quality confirms that serious and significant differences exist between the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Bay Model” and the model authored by the Agriculture Department. Left unchanged these differences could lead to farmers in the watershed paying a steep price for nutrients and sediments that have been mistakenly attributed to them, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Read Article7/26/11 (Tue)
Higher energy prices hit farmers' bottom line
WASHINGTON, D.C., – While farmers are benefiting from positive commodity prices, rising production costs remain a concern, according to economists with the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Read Article7/25/11 (Mon)
In praise of all-American food
An editorial by Stewart Truelsen - Isn’t it about time we praised All-American food, the food we like to eat at a picnic or outdoor barbeque? We’re talking about hamburgers, hot dogs, fried chicken, sweet corn, potato salad, fresh fruit, ice cream and many other favorites.
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