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12/17/10 (Fri)
God Bless the Farmer
For every grain of sand, on every shore, there's a seed that is planted in the soil...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Read Article12/07/10 (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)
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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.
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