The North Dakota State Board of Animal Health will meet at 9 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the Discovery Center, Dakota Zoo, 602 Riverside Park Road, in Bismarck.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says North Dakota beekeepers can now use the pesticide HopguardTM to control a major parasite of bees.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says the recent surge in North Dakota exports should encourage more food processing and commodity companies in the state to begin or expand overseas sales.
BISMARCK – Applications are now being accepted for reimbursement of organic certification costs through the National Organic Cost Share Program for fiscal year 2012.
BISMARCK – North Dakota’s top animal health official is urging horse owners to have their animals vaccinated against West Nile virus (WNV) and to contact their veterinarian if their horses show symptoms of WNV.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has ordered that haying and grazing be immediately allowed on land contracted to the State Waterbank Program due to drought conditions.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says North Dakota home and property owners should check recently purchased nursery stock for Japanese beetle infestation.
BISMARCK – North Dakota farmers, ranchers, homeowners and others brought in a record amount of old, unusable and banned pesticides – more than 145 tons –in the 2012 Project Safe Send collections.