News
12/23/10 (Thu)
Merry Christmas!
From all your friends at North Dakota Farm Bureau, we wish you a wonderful Christmas. Drive safely and enjoy the company of friends and family.
Read Article12/22/10 (Wed)
North Dakota population increases
BISMARCK, ND – The United States Census Bureau released the agency’s 2010 decennial count of population for the nation and each state. The actual count, which took place early in 2010, shows the population as of April 1, 2010. The results show North Dakota’s population grew by 30,391 people over the April 1, 2000 population count of 642,200. The new 2010 official state population is 672,591.
Read Article12/22/10 (Wed)
Please use our Action Alert program to oppose Dakota Grasslands project
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to accelerate the acquisition of wetland and grassland habitat in the Prairie Pothole Region, including North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana.
Read Article12/21/10 (Tue)
Notice of planned website server changes
At 6 a.m. on December 24, the NDFB website will be down for a planned server upgrade. We expect the outage to last just a few hours, but because of changes that need to propagate the Internet, some services could take up to 72 hours to complete. We ask for your patience as we make this change.
Read Article12/20/10 (Mon)
The savings are cool!
From savings on motel rooms to rebates on select Dodge vehicles, North Dakota Farm Bureau provides a variety of savings that put money back in your pocketbook.
Read Article12/18/10 (Sat)
Christmas tree farmers: A giving lot
By John Hart - Of all the traditions and symbols of Christmas, nothing is more enduring than the Christmas tree. Displayed in homes, public squares and office lobbies, the Christmas tree symbolizes the peace and joy of the season.
Read Article12/17/10 (Fri)
God Bless the Farmer
For every grain of sand, on every shore, there's a seed that is planted in the soil...
Read Article12/17/10 (Fri)
AFBF statement on passage of tax bill
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 17, 2010 – The American Farm Bureau Federation is pleased the House voted in favor of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010, which passed the Senate earlier this week.
Read Article12/16/10 (Thu)
DTN/The Progressive Farmer special offers for FB members
Merry Christmas! DTN and The Progressive Farmer have a couple of special savings offers for North Dakota Farm Bureau members.
Read Article12/15/10 (Wed)
Ag groups call S. 1816 an 11th-hour effort
A diverse group of agricultural organizations are voicing their opposition to controversial legislation that would substantially change the Clean Water Act by expanding the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority. In a letter to members of the Senate, the groups were critical of “an 11th-hour effort” to include the controversial bill S. 1816, The Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act, in the potential Lands, Waters and Wildlife omnibus legislation.
Read Article12/14/10 (Tue)
NPNHA public meeting scheduled for Morton County
The Northern Plains Heritage Foundation (NPHF) announces that it will conduct a public input meeting on Thursday, Dec. 16 in Morton County.
Read Article12/13/10 (Mon)
Correction to Dakota Grassland proposal meeting
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serivce is proposing a Dakota Grassland Area in North Dakota. This is a conservation easement program that would pay willing landowners to enroll their land in a conservation easement to protect waterfowl and other wildlife species in the Great Plains.
Read Article12/10/10 (Fri)
Hazy science
Save the Chesapeake from hazy science, says American Farm Bureau Federation Director of Media Relations Tracy Grondine. For people who live on the East Coast, the Chesapeake Bay has come to mean something more than beauty, great fishing and a diversity of other various forms of agriculture, like wild rice. It has come to signify politics-as-usual and hazy science.
Read Article12/09/10 (Thu)
Aasmundstad address in YouTube highlights
We have posted three YouTube videos on the 68th annual meeting page of highlights from NDFB President Eric Aasmundstad's annual address.
Read Article12/08/10 (Wed)
Farm and Ranch Families Work
There is no doubt about it. Farm and ranch families perform a lot of dirty, tough jobs in the process of providing food and fiber for their fellow Americans. But, the big question is—Can they compete with show host and narrator Mike Rowe, who will be the keynote speaker at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 2011 Annual Meeting, Jan. 10, in Atlanta? We will soon find out.
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