News
It's Farm Bureau Week
North Dakota Governor John Hoeven has declared March 7-13, 2010, North Dakota Farm Bureau Week.
3/08/10 (Mon)
NDFB Week Safety Tip #1
Did you know that farmers are among the least likely workers to receive a skin examination by a physician? So it's important that farmers perform regular skin self-examinations.
3/08/10 (Mon)
Agricultural productivity is critical
The president’s 2010 budget proposal calls for canceling NASA’s Constellation program to return astronauts to the Moon by 2020. In these tough economic times it is harder to justify sending astronauts into space. Agriculture is earthbound for the foreseeable future. There’s no need to worry about farming on the Moon or Mars either...
3/05/10 (Fri)
FB backs bipartisan House effort to nullify EPA prop
The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed scheme to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act is “economically harmful, legally suspect and environmentally indefensible,” according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.
3/04/10 (Thu)
Reduce snow melt problems now
This winter's snow holds lots of water. Each cubic foot of drifted, piled or compacted snow contains 2 to 3 gallons of water, so actions homeowners take now can minimize future water problems in or around their house, says Ken Hellevang, North Dakota State University Extension Service agricultural engineer and flood expert.
3/03/10 (Wed)
Route 1000 classes coming soon
Do you have a teen driver? If so, you could help keep them safer and reward them for that safe driving by signing them up for a Route 1000 class.
3/02/10 (Tue)
Missling presents in Missouri on behalf of NDFB Foundation
In North Dakota, when the going gets tough, the tough pull together. That was the message North Dakota Farm Bureau Executive Vice President Jeffrey Missling shared with those attending the Missouri Levee & Drainage District Association meeting in Columbia, Missouri, February 27.
3/01/10 (Mon)
Free webinar for household water well owners
The National Ground Water Association is offering a free Webinar on March 10 for household well owners on how to be good stewards of groundwater and water well systems.
2/25/10 (Thu)
NDFB Executive VP named to advisory panels
North Dakota Farm Bureau Executive Vice President Jeffrey Missling, Fargo, has been appointed to two farm-related advisory panels.
2/24/10 (Wed)
NDFB Foundation receives national award
The North Dakota Farm Bureau Foundation is one of 13 organizations nationally to receive an Award of Excellence in the first round of the 2010 Associations Advance America (AAA) Awards.
2/23/10 (Tue)
N.D. entrant makes YF&R Sweet Sixteen
Cassi Jo Schriefer of Golden Valley made the Sweet Sixteen round of the American Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmer and Rancher Discussion Meet. Schreifer was also recently named a finalist in the YF&R Challenge, held during the NDFB YF&R Leadership Conference in Minot.
2/22/10 (Mon)
Welcome livestock news from the United Nations FAO
With all the hits the livestock industry has taken from groups wanting to see its elimination, here is welcome news from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
2/19/10 (Fri)
AFBF urges passage of EPA resoluton of disapproval
American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman called on Congress to adopt a resolution of disapproval of the Environmental Protection Agency’s “endangerment finding” and the proposed regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
2/19/10 (Fri)
AFBF files challenge to EPA's endangerment finding
The American Farm Bureau Federation recently filed a legal challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s December finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare.
2/18/10 (Thu)
Center for Consumer Freedom announces HSUS watchdog project
The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) is announcing the launch of www.HumaneWatch.org, a watchdog project dedicated to analyzing the activities of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).
2/17/10 (Wed)