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7/16/14 (Wed)
What's on a farmer's mind? Healthy crops!
In this week's What's on a farmer's mind? audio, Chris, a farmer from Wolford talks about the work that goes into keeping crops healthy as they grow.
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NDFB launches new member benefit
Starting today, North Dakota Farm Bureau members can save an extra 5% on cell phones and service with their North Dakota Bureau membership.
Read Article7/11/14 (Fri)
House passes permanent bonus depreciation
The House today passed, 258 to 160, H.R. 4718, a bill to make 50 percent bonus depreciation permanent and to expand the deduction to vines and trees that bear fruits and nuts. Farm Bureau supported passage.
Read Article7/10/14 (Thu)
AFBF's Pat Wolff explains tax implications
Wednesday's What's On Your Mind broadcast featured American Farm Bureau Federation's Senior Director of Congressional Relations, Patricia Wolff, talking about detrimental tax code changes impacting farmers.
Read Article7/09/14 (Wed)
EPA's proposed rule is what's on this farmer's mind
Chad, a farmer from Hurdsfield, talks about why the EPA's proposed rule regarding Waters of the U.S. is on his mind.
Read Article7/07/14 (Mon)
Doing what they love
In this week's NDFB Newsline, three Farm Bureau families talk about doing what they love: Farming and ranching.
Read Article7/03/14 (Thu)
Celebrating the U.S. of Agriculture
How will you mark this Fourth of July? Family barbecue, apple pie, fireworks?
Read Article7/02/14 (Wed)
Polaris is newest member benefit
North Dakota Farm Bureau is pleased to announce that a new FB Member Advantage! program with Polaris Industries Inc., is available to eligible members, effective immediately.
Read Article7/01/14 (Tue)
What's on a farmer's mind?
NDFB launched a new one-minute feature during our Tuesday sponsorship of the What's On Your Mind? radio call-in program. It's called What's on a Farmer's Mind?
Read Article6/30/14 (Mon)
Habitat already provided
In this week's NDFB Newsline, Public Policy Director Pete Hanebutt says duck populations are up, and farmers do a great job providing habitat. So why do we need a constitutional measure to preserve wildlife habitat?
Read Article6/27/14 (Fri)
EPA greenhouse gas regs hit snag
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued its decision in Utility Air Regulatory Group v. Environmental Protection Agency, regarding a challenge to EPA regulations applying Clean Air Act permitting requirements to stationary sources of greenhouse gases.
Read Article6/26/14 (Thu)
Behind the parody
Have you ever been asked to do something and before you could think about it you said yes? My husband and I were in that position recently.
Read Article6/25/14 (Wed)
Ask a farmer: Why work off the farm too?
In this week's installment of Ask a Farmer, Dana, a young farmer from Enderlin, explains why so many farmers have jobs off the farm too.
Read Article6/24/14 (Tue)
Rail service must publicly file plans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) will begin requiring Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) and BNSF Railway to publicly file their plans to resolve backlogs of grain cars and provide weekly status updates, Congressman Kevin Cramer announced.
Read Article6/23/14 (Mon)
Repealing the estate tax
In this week's NDFB Newsline, Public Policy Director Pete Hanebutt explains why the estate tax is a problem for farmers.
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