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NDFB President's editorial on Measure 3
Last week, North Dakota Farm Bureau President Doyle Johannes submitted an editorial to all the daily newspapers in North Dakota about Measure 3...
11/02/12 (Fri)
Happy Birthday North Dakota
Gov. Jack Dalrymple wished North Dakota a happy birthday and encouraged citizens to commemorate the anniversary of the day in 1889 that North Dakota joined the Union as the 39th state.
11/01/12 (Thu)
Expiring income tax rules could affect ag producers
Numerous federal income tax regulations are scheduled to expire Dec. 31, 2012, unless Congress acts. Several of these regulations will affect agricultural producers.
10/31/12 (Wed)
DSU Collegiate FB hosting Measure 5 forum
Dickinson State University Collegiate Farm Bureau will be hosting a forum on Measure 5 tomorrow night.
10/31/12 (Wed)
A field perspective
North Dakota Farm Bureau's newest field representative, Seth Estenson, took time out from his busy county annual meeting schedule to talk about a few things he has learned while on the job in the last month.
10/30/12 (Tue)
The Forum and GF Herald endorse Measure 3
The Forum and the Grand Forks Herald have endorsed Measure 3. Read The Forum editorial by clicking on the link...
10/29/12 (Mon)
Bacon is big
An editorial by Stewart Truelsen - Bacon is undoubtedly America's best-loved and most maligned meat product. It has been the subject of studies trying to link consumption of large amounts of processed meat with some cancers, and nutrition consultants often discourage clients from eating bacon because of its fat content.
10/26/12 (Fri)
Farmer responds to HSUS video
The Humane Society of the United States took aim at pork producers on Wednesday (Food Day) by releasing a short animated video targeted at children.
10/25/12 (Thu)
Today is Food Day
Today is Food Day 2012. Activist group Center for Science in the Public Interest created this event a few years ago with the goal of sparking “grassroots mobilization for improved food policies.”
10/24/12 (Wed)
Biotechnology on Dr. Oz
In this week's NDFB Newsline, North Dakota Farm Bureau Director of Development, Joey Tigges, talks about an anti-biotechnology activist and discredited study that appeared on Dr. Oz last week.
10/22/12 (Mon)
N.D. blogger featured in AFBF editorial
Val Wagner, who blogs and is also on the North Dakota Farm Bureau Promotion and Education Committee, is featured in an editorial by Cyndie Sirekis of American Farm Bureau Federation on "great ideas."
10/19/12 (Fri)
New Sam's Club certificate posted
NDFB members: A new Sam's Club certificate has been posted. To learn more, go to the Sam's Club page on this website....
10/16/12 (Tue)
Rural votes matter
An editorial by Linda (L.J.) Johnson - The red and blue highlighted U.S. map we see so frequently as election time nears can be disheartening for rural voters. They may rightly begin to wonder if rural votes make a difference in any race where metropolitan areas exist.
10/12/12 (Fri)
Court allows AFBF to join farmer lawsuit against EPA
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 11, 2012—The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia has ruled that the American Farm Bureau Federation has a right to join in a lawsuit over the scope of the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate poultry and livestock farms under the Clean Water Act.
10/11/12 (Thu)