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12/07/10 (Tue)
AFBF, NDFB chart growth
Farm Bureau’s national membership rose to 6,279,813 member families in 2010, marking 50 consecutive years of membership growth. State Farm Bureaus overall reported a total 2,149 more member families this year than in 2009.
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Scholarships posted
North Dakota Farm Bureau's four scholarship applications have been posted to this website.
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December-January Online Focus posted
The December 2010-January 2011 issue of Focus has been posted. This issue features highlights from the NDFB Annual Meeting, held in November, and a preview of the Young Farmer and Rancher Leadership Conference, being held in January.
Read Article12/02/10 (Thu)
Scott Bennett is not laughing
Scott Bennett says the death tax is no laughing matter. "Colleagues in the industry like to joke about how 2010 is the year to die, but to me it’s not really that funny.
Read Article12/01/10 (Wed)
Do you belong?
Do you like us on Facebook? Do you follow us on Twitter? Do you have a MyNDFB page?
Read Article11/30/10 (Tue)
Time to put death taxes to rest
American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman said today it was time to put death taxes to rest. In a press conference with other agriculture organizations at the National Press Club, Stallman said the estate tax is especially damaging to farm families.
Read Article11/29/10 (Mon)
Northern Plains National Heritage Area meetings begin tonight
The Northern Plains Heritage Foundation (NPHF) announces that it will conduct three public input meetings November 29-December 1, in Morton, Oliver and Mercer counties to provide information about the Northern Plains National Heritage Area and take comments on the development of goals and objectives for the investment of federal matching funds in the area.
Read Article11/29/10 (Mon)
More beans to Cuba!
BISMARCK – North Dakota officials are working on finalizing an agreement for the sale of an additional 1,000 metric tons of dry edible beans to Cuba.
Read Article11/26/10 (Fri)
Is our food too good?
An editorial by Lynne Finnerty - Health officials are sounding alarms about our obesity epidemic. Since 1980, obesity has doubled among adults and tripled among children, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
Read Article11/23/10 (Tue)
NDFB 68th in pictures
We have started posting photo highlights from the NDFB 68th annual meeting, held in Fargo at the Holiday Inn, Nov. 19-21.
Read Article11/22/10 (Mon)
McLean County farmer wins YF&R Challenge
Steven Heger of Underwood won the Young Farmer and Rancher Challenge, held at the North Dakota Farm Bureau Annual Meeting, Nov. 19-21 at the Holiday Inn in Fargo.
Read Article11/22/10 (Mon)
Delegates decide policies at NDFB annual meeting
Delegates to the North Dakota Farm Bureau 68th annual meeting voted to support increased state funding for county and township road maintenance and repair across the state.
Read Article11/19/10 (Fri)
County FB wins trip to national annual meeting
Dickey County Farm Bureau will be bringing its successful membership recruitment campaign to the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting in Atalanta, Georgia, in January as part of the County Activities of Excellence (CAE) program.
Read Article11/19/10 (Fri)
NDFB President warns "there's a storm coming"
North Dakota Farm Bureau President Eric Aasmundstad warned those attending the opening session of the organization’s 68th annual meeting that there is a storm coming, and it is groups that would like to put the livestock industry out of business.
Read Article11/18/10 (Thu)
Tweeting from NDFB annual meeting
The North Dakota Farm Bureau 68th annual meeting gets underway tomorrow, Nov. 19, at 11:30 a.m. A fun way to keep track of what's happening is by following the event on Twitter.
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