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8/25/14 (Mon)
EPA to set up shop in ND
In this week's NDFB Newsline, Public Policy Director Pete Hanebutt explains concerns about the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to provide its "detectives" with permanent office space with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Bismarck.
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Back to school food safety tips
Children are at a higher risk of contracting foodborne illness because their immune systems are still developing.
Read Article8/19/14 (Tue)
What's on my mind: Swine flu
This week, Sue, a farmer from Shields, shares her thoughts on swine flu and what it means for hog farmers.
Read Article8/18/14 (Mon)
AFBF says EPA violated federal law
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Environmental Protection Agency’s public release of farmers’ and ranchers’ personal information violates basic tenets of federal law, the American Farm Bureau Federation told a Minnesota federal court late Friday.
Read Article8/13/14 (Wed)
What's on my mind: Property rights
In this week's installment of What's on a Farmer's Mind, Wes, a rancher from Hazen, talks about the erosion of private property rights.
Read Article8/12/14 (Tue)
GEO report: EPA estimates inaccurate
When it comes to analyzing the costs and benefits of its regulations, the Environmental Protection Agency has quite a bit of room for improvement, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Read Article8/11/14 (Mon)
Rupprecht joins NDFB staff
North Dakota Farm Bureau has hired Cole Rupprecht as the organization’s Southeast Field Representative.
Read Article8/06/14 (Wed)
EPA grabs for dry land
The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to expand the scope of “navigable waters” subject to Clean Water Act jurisdiction was drafted, according to the agency, to reduce uncertainty. And that it does.
Read Article8/01/14 (Fri)
Focus online now posted
The electronic version of Focus, NDFB's bi-monthly publication that goes to all Farm Bureau member families in the state, is now online.
Read Article7/31/14 (Thu)
July prices down
FARGO, ND - Preliminary prices received by farmers for spring wheat for July 2014 averaged $5.93 per bushel, a decrease of 63 cents from the June price according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Read Article7/30/14 (Wed)
What's on a farmer's mind? Sue and settle
Sue and settle is a practice used by environmental groups to get what they want via federal agencies. Seth, a farmer from Warwick explains more.
Read Article7/28/14 (Mon)
NDFB Newsline: Telling the story of ag
In this week's NDFB Newsline, NDFB Promotion and Education Committee chairman Val Wagner talks about an event designed to share the good story of agriculture.
Read Article7/22/14 (Tue)
What's on a farmer's mind? Telling ag's story!
In this week's What's On a Farmer's Mind audio, Val Wagner talks about how important it is to tell agriculture's story.
Read Article7/21/14 (Mon)
NDFB Newsline: More public ag research needed
Over the last several years, public funding for ag research has dwindled. Writer and consultant Robert Giblin shares why that's not a good thing in this week's NDFB Newsline.
Read Article7/17/14 (Thu)
Farm Bureau decodes water rule proposal
WASHINGTON, D.C.–The American Farm Bureau Federation released to Congress a comprehensive document that responds, point by point, to numerous inaccurate and misleading comments made about the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest clean water rule.
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