MEDORA, ND – The top state agriculture officials from 12 midwestern states will get a close look at North Dakota’s two leading industries during their annual meeting, which starts Thursday, in Medora.
The North Dakota Department of Agriculture and the State Board of Animal Health will hold a special informational meeting on bovine tuberculosis at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 18 at The Post, Mandan, ND.
BISMARCK – North Dakota’s state veterinarian is urging livestock producers in areas with a past history of anthrax to take action to protect their animals from the disease.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is a member of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agribusiness Trade Mission to Turkey, June 10-14, in Istanbul and Ankara.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has appointed Jamie Good and Sonia Mullally as marketing specialists in the North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA).
BISMARCK - Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring encourages farmers, ranchers, pesticide dealers and applicators, government agencies and homeowners to bring their unusable pesticides to any of the 12 Project Safe Send collections in July.
FARGO, N.D. – North Dakota government and trade leaders will travel to Astana, Kazakhstan, the week of May 20, 2013, to attend the Astana Economic Forum, an annual event for economists and government leaders from Eurasia and around the world to discuss Kazakhstan’s growing economy and international trade opportunities.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is asking North Dakota gardeners and produce growers to grow an extra half million pounds of vegetables and fruit for donation to charitable organizations, such as food pantries, soup kitchens and homeless shelters, through the 2013 Hunger Free ND Garden Project.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has appointed Jonathan (Jon) Krei as pesticide program specialist in the North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA).
BISMARCK – The North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) and the North Dakota Agriculture in the Classroom Council are seeking proposals for developing and conducting educational programs and materials to help young people understand the importance of agriculture in North Dakota and in their own lives.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has awarded grants totaling $18,000 for eight projects to develop orchards and plant trees in eight communities.