BISMARCK – The new issue of the North Dakota Ag Mag features some increasingly important North Dakota farm commodities – dry edible beans and pulse crops, including dry peas, lentils and chickpeas.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says $20,000 is available to help North Dakota communities and schools plant an orchard in 2013.

BISMARCK – The nation’s leading state agriculture officials say their focus on a new Farm Bill will be on the programs and services that enable farmers and ranchers to more efficiently produce and market their commodities and livestock.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring announced Thursday, that the volunteers in the Hunger Free ND Garden Project donated more than 222,800 pounds of fresh produce to food pantries, soup kitchens and other charitable community programs in 2012.