BISMARCK— The North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) has scheduled a statewide series of listening sessions to discuss and gather input on proposed changes to North Dakota’s pesticide rules.

BISMARCK – To promote the cultivation of fruit trees in North Dakota, Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has established a new grant program to encourage the planting of community and school orchards.

The Project Safe Send Advisory Board will meet at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Feb. 24, in the North Dakota Department of Agriculture conference room on the sixth floor of the State Capitol.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced the availability of up to $75,000 to fund research related to the health of honeybees.

The North Dakota Department of Agriculture will hold a listening session for fertilizer industry stakeholders at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 14, in Conference Room E of the Comfort Inn, 1030 E. Interstate Ave., Bismarck.

The North Dakota Agriculture in the Classroom Council will meet at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 29, in the Sakakawea Room of the State Capitol in Bismarck.

BISMARCK – Larimore farmer David Rustebakke has been elected chairman of the North Dakota Credit Review Board (CRB).

BISMARCK – Fourth-graders and eighth-graders across the state will soon be busy writing essays, drawing posters and shooting video to explain “Why is Agriculture Important to North Dakota?”

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Credit Review Board will meet at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 7, in the Missouri River Room of the State Capitol in Bismarck.