News
8/18/10 (Wed)
Moos, ewes and more
Do you wonder how milk gets to your table, how many sweaters can be made from the wool of one sheep or how a horse can sleep standing up?
Read Article8/17/10 (Tue)
AFBF economist doesn't foresee retroactive estate tax for 2010
At a forum with the news media Monday sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute in Washington, D.C., Bob Young, American Farm Bureau Federation chief economist, said the longer Congress drags out settling an estate tax rate and exemption level, the less likely it is to impose a retroactive tax for 2010.
Read Article8/16/10 (Mon)
Agriculture a 'choice' career choice
An editorial by Dal Grooms - If you’re a movie buff, you’ll recall the career advice shared with young Benjamin Braddock in the late 1960s movie The Graduate. "Plastics," young Benjamin was told. Today, there is a good chance the giver of that advice, Mr. McGuire, would be proposing another up-and-coming career field -- "Agriculture."
Read Article8/12/10 (Thu)
Stop by the Farm Bureau Store
When was the last time you stopped by the NDFB Store? If it has been awhile, you might want to check it out. We have all kinds of great merchandise for purchase.
Read Article8/11/10 (Wed)
New teacher resources added
North Dakota Farm Bureau's resource page for teachers has a fun new item: The Very Hungry N.D. Caterpillar.
Read Article8/10/10 (Tue)
Harvest hotline now available
The North Dakota Department of Agriculture has announced the Harvest Hotline is once again operational.
Read Article8/09/10 (Mon)
AFBF backs bill to clarify FIFRA permitting requirements
The American Farm Bureau Federation strongly supports a bill introduced Friday by Sens. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) that aims to clarify that additional permits are not required for pesticide application in accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.
Read Article8/06/10 (Fri)
Tell Congress your estate tax stories
“I don’t know who gets the first bite of the excess over $1 million, but there will not be enough money left to keep the farm intact. Even if the next generation could hold onto a small piece of the farm after estate taxes, the reduction in economy of scale would make the farm unprofitable.”– Clark Granger, who grows Christmas trees on 50 acres in Maine.
Read Article8/05/10 (Thu)
Members can save at a variety of hotels
North Dakota Farm Bureau members can save on hotels all over the nation through Choice Hotels International and Wyndham Hotel Group.
Read Article8/04/10 (Wed)
NDFB Scholarship winners announced
Ten individuals from around the state have been awarded scholarships through the North Dakota Farm Bureau Foundation.
Read Article8/02/10 (Mon)
Vets in demand; help protect our food supply
An editorial by Nathan Smith - Imagine you’re a rancher. It’s 2 a.m. and a cow giving birth needs professional medical attention. The only problem is that the nearest veterinarian is 100 miles away. For a growing number of livestock producers across the country, this emergency scenario is a harsh reality. America faces a farm animal vet shortage like never before, leaving many farmers and ranchers wondering who they will call the next time their livestock needs emergency care.
Read Article7/30/10 (Fri)
New issue of Focus now online
Chris Chinn isn't from North Dakota, but she is a farmer and she has made it a priority to tell people about how she takes care of the animals on her farm through social media. But, she was flagged and gagged on YouTube recently.
Read Article7/29/10 (Thu)
Record amounts of waste pesticide collected
A record amount of unusable pesticides – 215,594 pounds – were collected and shipped out of North Dakota through Project Safe Send in 2010.
Read Article7/28/10 (Wed)
Bill would help farmers and communities in Bay watershed
The Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act (H.R. 5509) will help farmers while also benefitting communities in the bay’s watershed. The American Farm Bureau Federation is urging the House Agriculture Committee to approve the bill when it comes up for consideration today.
Read Article7/27/10 (Tue)
Fall Route 1000 classes have been scheduled
We know how busy fall gets, so we've scheduled our Route 1000 classes well in advance. Eight classes have been scheduled between November 28 and December 7.
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