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North Dakota farmers feeling effects of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s health kick

By: Jeff Beach (ND Monitor) Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s push to “Make America Healthy Again” is making some North Dakota farmers queasy.  Kennedy’s MAHA movement shuns highly processed foods and dyes. But it also includes an attack on oils made from seeds such as sunflowers and canola, with North Dakota […]
by The Dakotan
April 28, 2025
A sprayer rolls across a field of soybeans in Burleigh County, North Dakota, on July 11, 2024. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)

North Dakota’s pesticide protection law a first for the US

By: Jeff Beach (ND Monitor) North Dakota is poised to be the first state in the nation to implement a law that provides legal protections for pesticide manufacturers — an issue that has been debated in legislatures across the country in the face of large payouts to cancer victims.  Gov. Kelly Armstrong on Wednesday signed House […]
by The Dakotan
April 24, 2025
Neal Pulskamp, right, and Cindy Pulkskamp, listen to a presentation on Riverview Dairy in Hillsboro, N.D., on April 3, 2025. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)

Comment period opens on proposed 25,000-cow dairy’s environmental permit 

By: Jeff Beach (ND Monitor) Anyone with concerns about handling the manure from 25,000 cows or other issues associated with what could become North Dakota’s largest dairy are now able to submit comments to the state.  The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality opened a comment period Friday on the proposed Traill County facility to […]
by The Dakotan
April 21, 2025

Pesticide cancer claims at issue in bill headed for North Dakota Senate vote

By: Jeff Beach(ND Monitor) North Dakota legislators have been wrestling with a pesticide bill backed by agricultural groups that would make it harder for people to win cancer liability lawsuits against the farm chemical industry.  House Bill 1318 would shield the maker of Roundup and other farm chemical manufacturers from lawsuits from people who say they […]
by The Dakotan
April 12, 2025
Rebecca Phillips of Ecological Insights, shown in July 2024 in Burleigh County, conducts agriculture research in North Dakota but is awaiting federal payments on some of her work. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)

Agriculture research loses momentum with federal payments uncertain

By: Jeff Beach (North Dakota Monitor) A North Dakota ag and conservation researcher is unsure if she will be able to complete some projects  — or start new ones — because of delays in federal payments.  “Because they can’t assure me I’m going to get paid, I have to stop work,” Rebecca Phillips told the […]
by The Dakotan
March 24, 2025

Delayed farm bill punted until after election with Congress stuck on how to pay for it

By: Allison Winter (North Dakota Monitor) WASHINGTON — Sweeping legislation that would set food and farm policy for the next five years is in limbo, waiting for lawmakers to decide its fate after the election. The latest deadline for the farm bill passed unceremoniously at midnight on Sept. 30, without a push from lawmakers to […]
by The Dakotan
October 2, 2024

Federal government pays $2 billion for farmer discrimination

North Dakotans to receive about $17.9 million By: Jared Strong Tens of thousands of farmers or would-be farmers who say they suffered discrimination when they applied for assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will get one-time payments that total about $2 billion from the federal government. North Dakota has more than 100 recipients. “While this […]
by The Dakotan
August 1, 2024

Train Kills Man Near Carpio

ND Highway Patrol release What: FatalityWhere: Highway 52 mile marker 67 approximately 1.5 miles northwest of CarpioWhen: April 7, 2024 at 1:00 pm CTWeather Conditions: CloudyCrash Involvement: Train/PedestrianAgencies Involved: NDHP, Ward County Sheriff’s Office, Carpio FD, Burlington FD, andBerthold Ambulance ServicePedestrianHometown: Carpio, North DakotaGender/Age: 84 year old maleInjury: FatalNARRATIVE: At approximately 1300 pm on 4/7/2024, […]
by The Dakotan
April 7, 2024

Advisory Board Meetings Announced

ND Game and Fish release The North Dakota Game and Fish Department Advisory Board will host public meetings this spring at eight locations across the state.These public meetings, held each spring and fall, provide citizens with an opportunity to discuss fish and wildlife issues and ask questions of their district advisors and agency personnel. District […]
by Kim Fundingsland
April 4, 2024

Farmers Union's 90th Season of Summer Camp

Discounts offered for early camp registration JAMESTOWN – North Dakota Farmers Union is celebrating a 90-year milestone with the start of its youth summer camping program in June. “What began on the shores of Spiritwood Lake near Jamestown in 1934 is still going strong today,” said NDFU Education Director Miranda Letherman. “The longevity of our […]
by The Dakotan
April 1, 2024
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