BISMARCK – More than 31,000 students from 132 North Dakota schools will lunch on food products from their own state on Tuesday, October 2 during the 11th annual Pride of Dakota School Lunch Day.

BISMARCK – More than 2,700 shoppers filled the Dickinson Recreation Center, Sept. 15-16, during the fourth annual Pride of Dakota Harvest Showcase. 

DES MOINES, IA – The nation’s leading state agriculture officials are calling on the federal government to revise new school lunch and breakfast guidelines to better meet the individual and changing nutritional needs of children.

BISMARCK – The ongoing threat of trichomoniasis has led to tighter restrictions on the importation of cattle into North Dakota.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says new federal guidelines for school lunches do not address the nutritional needs of many children and should be revised especially in regard to restrictions on meat protein.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is encouraging farmers and ranchers to look into a new, federal program to help them develop value-added enterprises that use agricultural products.

BISMARCK – More than 80 vendors and thousands of shoppers are expected to fill the Dickinson Recreation Center, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15-16, when the Pride of Dakota Harvest Showcase returns to Dickinson.

BISMARCK – The annual Pride of Dakota Day at the State Capitol will transform North Dakota’s statehouse into a shopping mall for locally-made products, Thursday, Sept. 13.

BISMARCK – The North Dakota FFA Foundation is offering mini-grants of up to $500 for programs and projects that promote knowledge of agriculture among young people ages 5 to 18.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says the North Dakota Mediation Service (NDMS) can help eligible North Dakota farmers and ranchers in dealing with the necessary paperwork for newly announced, federal disaster assistance.