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BISMARCK – The North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) will be hosting five town hall meetings to discuss the grain inspection program, which was transferred to the department by the 2019 North Dakota Legislature effective July 1, 2019.

BISMARCK – The State Board of Animal Health will meet at 9 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 11, in the North Dakota Department of Agriculture’s 6th floor conference room at the State Capitol.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced that $200,000 is available to fund bioscience company development grants.

BISMARCK – The Pride of Dakota Harvest Showcase returns to Dickinson this weekend. The West River Ice Center will be filled with vendor booths and shoppers this Friday and Saturday, Sept. 6-7.

BISMARCK – North Dakota businesses will transform the state Capitol into a shopping mall for locally made and grown products, Thursday, Sept. 5, during the fall Farmers and Artisans Market.

BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Department of Agriculture has scheduled free training sessions for produce growers across the state.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring said that applications are now being accepted for reimbursement of organic certification costs through the Organic Certification Cost Share Program for fiscal year 2019.

BISMARCK – Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) has been confirmed in Grant County in western North Dakota. An area farmer contacted his county weed officer about suspect plants, who worked with North Dakota State University Extension to submit samples for DNA analysis to the National Agricultural Genotyping Center, where it was confirmed as Palmer amaranth.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is reminding farmers that assistance is available for blackbird damage to crops through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Wildlife Services program.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is urging growers across the state to donate extra fruits and vegetables from their harvest this year to help meet the needs of hungry North Dakotans as part of the Hunger Free ND Garden Project, which is marking its 10^th year.