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Agricult-HER: Amber Wood
READ ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE Amber Wood is the executive director of the North Dakota Livestock Alliance, but she wasn’t born into agriculture. “I’m kind of an outlier.” While in high…
Read MoreFrom Dairy Dreams to Economic Reality: How Livestock Shapes North Dakota’s Future
North Dakota stands at the crossroads of agricultural evolution, with livestock diversification emerging as a powerful economic driver for farms across the state. In this revealing conversation with Amber Wood…
Read MoreEmerging HPAI in Livestock Updates
If you want to follow the updates on HPAI in livestock, below is a link to get the latest press releases from USDA APHIS. I am not aware of any…
Read MoreMinnesota Goat Confirmed to Have Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
READ ORIGINAL ARTICLE This is the first identified case of HPAI in domestic livestock in the U.S. A juvenile goat in Minnesota recently tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).…
Read MoreDairy Producers Can Enroll for 2024 Dairy Margin Coverage Beginning Feb. 28
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2024– Starting next Wednesday, dairy producers will be able to enroll for 2024 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC), an important safety net program offered through the U.S. Department…
Read MoreLending Program Increases Economic Opportunities for Meat and Poultry Processors
MANDAN, N.D. — Expanding on its efforts to improve quality of life in rural North Dakota, the Rural Development Finance Corporation (RDFC) has announced a new revolving loan fund focused…
Read MoreBig Iron Farm Show – West Fargo
September 12-14 2023 See Full Event Details Here.
Read MoreNDSU BEEF FIELD DAY SLATED FOR SEPTEMBER
(NDSU) – On September 18, the North Dakota State University Department of Animal Sciences is organizing a special beef field day. This event will be held at the NDSU Beef…
Read MorePrairie Farms Bismarck to stop production of milk, switching to distribution-only facility
BISMARCK, N.D. (KXNET) — The Prairie Farms facility in Bismarck has announced today that they will stop producing milk and will switch to a distribution-only facility. According to Darin Copeland,…
Read MoreContract pig production offers ‘something vs. nothing’ for South Dakota county
Wallace “Wally” Knock of Willow Lake, South Dakota, chairman of the Clark County Commission, said his community is welcoming livestock development – despite outside ownership – because livestock is the…
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