ND Department of Agriculture
Press Releases
July 2, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
MEETING NOTICE: The North Dakota State Board of Animal Health will meet by conference call at 1 p.m., Tuesday, July 8.
July 2, 2008 (1st Press Release)
WAHPETON – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson says a little-recognized section of the 2008 Farm Bill gives North Dakota meat processing companies a new opportunity to grow their markets and expand their operations.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson has urged the federal government to include CP23 acreage in the opening of Conservation Reserve Program acres (CRP) to grazing in North Dakota.
MEDINA – An organic farm tour, scheduled July 10, will give producers an opportunity to learn more about organic farming methods and production.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson today reminded farmers and pesticide applicators to read and follow pesticide labels before and during all pesticide applications.
June 25, 2008 (3rd Press Release)
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson commended federal officials for allowing emergency grazing on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres in 26 North Dakota counties.
June 25, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson is urging all North Dakotans with unusable pesticides to bring them to a Project Safe Send collection site in July.
June 25, 2008 (1st Press Release)
BISMARCK – North Dakota’s state veterinarian says owners of cattle, bison, goats, llamas and farmed deer and farmed elk, who plan to exhibit livestock in Minnesota must observe the import regulations of both states.
MEETING NOTICE: The North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) Targeted Assistance Grant Committee will meet from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, July 9, in the NDDA conference room on the sixth floor of the State Capitol.
BISMARCK – North Dakota’s organic agriculture industry now has its own web site –www.ndorganics.nd.gov.
BISMARCK – The North Dakota Credit Review Board (CRB) has scheduled an open forum for agriculture lenders, implement dealers and other agri-business representatives during its regular meeting, Tuesday, June 24, in Minot.
June 17, 2008 (4th Press Release)
MEDIA ADVISORY: Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson has scheduled a news conference for 1:30 p.m., Thursday, June 19, in his office on the sixth floor of the State Capitol.
June 17, 2008 (3rd Press Release)
BISMARCK – The leading state agriculture officials of the United States have countered a request by the governor of Texas that the Environmental Protection Agency waive half of the federal renewable fuels standard, mandating the production of ethanol from grain.
June 17, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK – A field day to demonstrate the use of biological control agents on Canada thistle will be held Friday, June 27, in Bowman County.
June 17, 2008 (1st Press Release)
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson has awarded a $3,500 grant to the North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center to train organic producers in monitoring soil quality.
BISMARCK – Brucellosis testing will now be required for most cattle entering North Dakota from Montana.
MEDIA ADVISORY: The Pride of Dakota Advisory Council will meet from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday, June 19, in the Missouri River Room of the State Capitol in Bismarck.
BISMARCK – The North Dakota Agricultural Drought Task Force (ADTF) will ask the federal government to immediately open all Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres in the state for emergency livestock grazing.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson will hold a conference call meeting of the Agricultural Drought Task Force on Tuesday, June 10, at 8:00 a.m. CT to discuss a recommendation for immediate opening of all ND Conservation Reserve Program acreage for livestock grazing.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to let U.S. meat processors test their products above and beyond federal standards.
June 3, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK – County weed boards have new guidelines, forms and tags to help them conduct inspections of forage, gravel, scoria and sand for noxious and invasive weeds.
June 3, 2008 (1st Press Release)
BISMARCK – Canada thistle has apparently overtaken leafy spurge as North Dakota’s most widespread noxious weed.
May 29, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK – Bovine tuberculosis and animal tracking technology will be the major issues for animal health officials from 12 states when the North Central U.S. Animal Health Association (NCUSAHA) meets Monday through Wednesday (June 2-4), in Bismarck.
May 29, 2008 (1st Press Release)
STERLING – North Dakota’s newest dairy processing facility isn’t a big corporation or cooperative: it’s a 350-acre family farm.
BISMARCK – The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) has joined with more than 1,000 farm groups, conservation organizations and nutrition interests, urging Congress to override the presidential veto of the 2008 Farm Bill.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson has appointed Phillip Jallo as an inspector for the Pesticide, Feed and Fertilizer Team in the North Dakota Department of Agriculture.
May 15, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK – Photographs depicting farm and ranch life and the crop and livestock season are wanted for the third annual North Dakota Department of Agriculture Photo Contest.
May 15, 2008 (1st Press Release)
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson has awarded more than $360,000 to county weed boards for weed control projects through the Targeted Assistance Grant (TAG) program.
May 14, 2008 (3rd Press Release)
BISMARCK – The State Water Commission voted Wednesday, to put $1 million into the Livestock Water Supply Assistance Program. The action followed a drought advisory panel’s recommendation that the commission immediately implement the program to help producers get water for their livestock.
May 14, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK – The president of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) has mobilized his counterparts in an effort to override an anticipated veto of the Farm Bill.
May 14, 2008 (1st Press Release)
BISMARCK – New guidelines for declaring quarantines to prevent the introduction and spread of noxious and invasive weeds are described in a new manual issued by the North Dakota Department of Agriculture.
May 13, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson has issued a special local needs (SLN) registration for Mustang Max® EC, enabling North Dakota sugarbeet producers to use the insecticide to control wireworm.
May 13, 2008 (1st Press Release)
BISMARCK – Homeowners should consult a trusted nursery dealer or horticulturist before buying and planting nursery stock.
MEETING NOTICE: The North Dakota Organic Advisory Council will meet by conference call at 12 noon, Monday, May 19.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson has called a meeting of the Agriculture Working Group of the Drought Task Force for 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, in the Peace Garden Room of the State Capitol.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson has asked the federal crop insurance officials to make the malting barley endorsement available for barley revenue assurance (RA) policies in North Dakota.
BISMARCK — Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson says the decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to register a widely used fungicide for controlling Fusarium head blight and other diseases in wheat and barley is great news for North Dakota producers.
BISMARCK – Public comment is wanted on a new program that gives North Dakota a voice in the administration of the federal endangered species program in the state.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson will discuss the new North Dakota Endangered Species Protection Plan for Pesticides at a news conference, set for 9 a.m., Thursday, May 1.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson has asked Gov. John Hoeven to consider a limited agricultural drought emergency proclamation to give livestock producers access to a state water assistance program.
April 24, 2008 (3rd Press Release)
MEETING NOTICE: The North Dakota State Board of Animal Health will meet by conference call at 10 a.m., Monday, April 28. The board will discuss a request for importation of a dairy herd from New York that is not officially calfhood vaccinated for brucellosis.
April 24, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK – Five Pride of Dakota companies will be meeting and negotiating with national and international buyers at the Food Export Showcase at the Global Food & Style Expo 2008, April 27-29, at McCormick Place in Chicago.
April 24, 2008 (1st Press Release)
WASHINGTON, DC – Greater federal oversight of railroad rates and services is urgently needed, especially when competition is absent, the president of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) told federal regulators Thursday.
BISMARCK – Two North Dakota high schools have received Green and Growing School Initiative grants to develop or expand their school garden projects and to integrate gardening activities into classroom lessons and promote better nutrition.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson says the reopening of the South Korean market to U.S. beef is good news for North Dakota.
April 15, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK – Pride of Dakota goes wholesale on Wednesday, April 23, when member companies will be offering their products to retail establishments at the 10th annual Pride of Dakota Wholesale Gift Show.
April 15, 2008 (1st Press Release)
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson will discuss agricultural and trade regulations and policies with U.S., Canadian and Mexican agriculture officials at a meeting of the Tri-National Working Group on Harmonization, Wednesday through Friday, in Sacramento, CA.
April 14, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a Section 18 specific exemption for Spartan 4F®, allowing North Dakota flax producers to use the herbicide to control kochia and ALS-resistant kochia.
April 14, 2008 (1st Press Release)
BISMARCK – The first Pride of Dakota annual meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 22, at the Doublewood Inn, 1400 E. Interchange Ave., Bismarck.
April 10, 2008 (3rd Press Release)
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson said a proposal in the U.S. House of Representatives to delete a standing disaster program from the Farm Bill is “disappointing news for North Dakota producers.”
April 10, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson is reminding cattle producers to pay close attention to the combined sulfur levels of the feed and water rations consumed by their cattle.
April 10, 2008 (1st Press Release)
BISMARCK – Pesticide applicators should consult the North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) website to avoid spraying vineyards.
BISMARCK – Workshops have been scheduled in April and May to train North Dakota county and city weed control officials in the installation and use of multi-event dataloggers for mapping weed infestations.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson has been appointed to the advisory board for the public television series “America’s Heartland.”
BISMARCK – North Dakota’s Honorary Agriculture Commissioner says many foods produced in the state are healthy “because they are naturally grown.”
March 27, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
MANDAN – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson says a permanent disaster program must remain an integral part of the new Farm Bill package.
March 27, 2008 (1st Press Release)
Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson will introduce the winner of the 2008 North Dakota Department of Agriculture essay contest, “How Do North Dakota Food Products Fit Into a Healthy Lifestyle?,” at 2 p.m. Friday, March 28. The winner will serve as North Dakota Honorary Agriculture Commissioner for a Day.
Meeting Notice: The North Dakota State Board of Animal Health (BOAH) will meet by conference call at 10 a.m., Thursday, March 27.
BISMARCK - North Dakota sunflower producers are encouraged to participate in the 2008 cattail management program to control blackbird depredation of their fields.
March 24, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK– North Dakota’s number one ranking in the production of wheat and 15 other commodities is highlighted in “North Dakota Agriculture 2007,” newly published by the North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA).
March 24, 2008 (1st Press Release)
BISMARCK – A windmill and cornfield silhouetted by a glowing sunset, a child bottle feeding a lamb, and the long shadow of a cowboy and his horse were among the prizewinning entries in the 2007 North Dakota Department of Agriculture Photo Contest.
March 20, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK – Project Safe Send, North Dakota’s annual collection of unusable pesticides, will be conducted at 16 locations in July.
March 20, 2008 (1st Press Release)
Media Advisory: Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson will hold a news conference at 10 a.m., Monday, March 24, to release a new publication filled with facts about North Dakota agriculture. He will also announce the winners of the 2008 North Dakota Department of Agriculture Photo Contest.
March 19, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson has issued a cease and desist order against the Triple S Cattle Co., Inc. of Valley City, preventing the company from selling and dealing in livestock in North Dakota. The company also does business as Sommers Livestock.
March 19, 2008 (1st Press Release)
Meeting Notice: Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson has scheduled a public meeting, Friday, March 28, to discuss a certified, weed-free forage inspection program for North Dakota.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson has appointed Blake J. Schaan as a noxious weed specialist in the North Dakota Department of Agriculture.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson says the success of an upcoming 25-member North Dakota Trade Office mission to South Korea will depend in part on beef.
March 13, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson is in Detroit, participating in a regional discussion on the design of a regional “cap and trade’ carbon emission program for the Midwest.
March 13, 2008 (1st Press Release)
CARRINGTON – A master plan for developing and promoting North Dakota’s livestock feed industry has gotten the green light from the North Dakota Livestock Feed Task Force.
MANDAN – Hundreds of school lunchrooms around the state featured North Dakota wheat, beef, durum, beans, sunflowers, pork and other commodities on their menus Tuesday – the seventh annual Pride of Dakota School Lunch Day.
Media Advisory: Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson will share the seventh annual Pride of Dakota School Lunch Day meal with the students at Roosevelt School, 305 10th Ave. NW, Mandan, at noon, Tuesday, March 11.
BISMARCK – A Burleigh County family who expanded their ranching operation into a successful meat processing and retail business has been named the 2007 Pride of Dakota Retailer of the Year.
March 6, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK – The Livestock Feed Initiative Task Force will meet at 11 a.m., Wednesday, March 12, at the Chieftain Inn, 60 4th Ave S., in Carrington.
March 6, 2008 (1st Press Release)
Media Advisory: Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson has scheduled a news conference for 9:30 a.m., Friday, March 7, at the North Dakota Branded Beef store, 3120 E. Broadway Ave., Bismarck.
WASHINGTON – The nation’s leading state agriculture officials have called for an end to the antitrust exemption for the railroads.
BISMARCK – The North Dakota Agriculture in the Classroom Council, meeting Wednesday, in Jamestown, approved four grants, totaling $55,000, for educational programs for 2008.
February 27, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
Meeting Notice: The Pride of Dakota Advisory Board will meet from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday, March 6, in the Lewis and Clark Room of the State Capitol in Bismarck.
February 27, 2008 (1st Press Release)
BISMARCK – The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) is on record in support of federal legislation allowing agricultural producers to use the 26,001-pound weight limit when transporting crops, livestock and equipment across state lines.
BISMARCK – Leap Year’s Day is the day for 3,000 Williston-area shoppers to get free, reusable bags to carry home their groceries and other purchases.
February 21, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK – The North Dakota State Board of Animal Health (BOAH) has ordered additional requirements for Minnesota livestock entering the state, following new cases of bovine tuberculosis in Minnesota herds.
February 21, 2008 (1st Press Release)
HAVANA, CUBA – North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson announced today that the Cuban government will take delivery of around 12,000 tons of pulses in the near future. The purchase, sourced in large part from North Dakota, is for mostly peas and some lentils.
Media Advisory: Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson will hold a telephone press conference on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008, at 11 a.m. CT to provide an update on the status of the trade mission to Cuba.
February 19, 2008 (3rd Press Release)
Media Advisory: Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson will provide an update on the status of the Cuba trade mission during a telephone press conference on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, at 10 a.m. CT.
February 19, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
Meeting Notice: The North Dakota State Board of Animal Health will meet by conference call at 10 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 21.
February 19, 2008 (1st Press Release)
Media Notice: We have received several interview requests for Commissioner Johnson today regarding the resignation of Cuban President Fidel Castro. Commissioner Johnson is currently leading a North Dakota trade delegation in Havana, Cuba.
February 18, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
WASHINGTON, DC – The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) has urged Congress to encourage the use of locally produced food products in federal nutrition programs.
February 18, 2008 (1st Press Release)
WASHINGTON, DC – The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) has adopted a resolution urging the Environmental Protection Agency not to cancel the registration of a widely-used pesticide until effective, alternative products are available.
February 15, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should promote increased research to make higher percentage ethanol blends, such as E20 and E30, available to American consumers, according to the leading agriculture officials from the 50 states.
February 15, 2008 (1st Press Release)
BISMARCK – A North Dakota trade delegation will be pushing peas, lentils and other commodities, notably ethanol co-products, when it meets with Cuban government buyers and officials next week in Havana.
February 14, 2008 (3rd Press Release)
MEETING NOTICE: The North Dakota Agriculture in the Classroom Council will meet at 9:30 a.m., Feb. 27, at the North Dakota Farmers Union State Headquarters, 1415 12th Ave SE, Jamestown.
February 14, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
MEETING NOTICE: The North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) Targeted Assistance Grant Committee will meet from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 27, in the NDDA conference room on the sixth floor of the State Capitol.
February 14, 2008 (1st Press Release)
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson has appointed Dustin Person as an inspector in the North Dakota State Meat and Poultry Inspection Program.
WASHINGTON, DC – The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) has called on the Bush Administration to interpret the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act as broadly as possible, to enable U.S. companies to compete with other countries in Cuba.
WASHINGTON – The National Association of Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) has urged the new U.S. secretary of agriculture to reconsider the U.S. Senate-approved proposal of a permanent disaster program in the 2008 Farm Bill.
February 6, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK – The 2008 Farm Bill will be the top issue for the nation’s leading state agriculture officials when they meet Thursday through Tuesday, in Washington.
February 6, 2008 (1st Press Release)
BISMARCK – More than 250 schools and more than 63,000 students are already signed up to participate in the 2008 Pride of Dakota School Lunch Day, March 11.
February 5, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
MEETING NOTICE: The quarterly meeting of the North Dakota State Board of Animal Health (BOAH) has been rescheduled for 9 a.m., Friday, March 14, in the Pioneer Room of the State Capitol in Bismarck.
February 5, 2008 (1st Press Release)
MEETING NOTICE: The North Dakota Organic Advisory Council will meet at 4 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 7, at the Best Western Seven Seas Inn Conference Center, 2611 Old Red Trail, Mandan.
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson said Monday, that the Bush administration proposal to close the Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center (GFHNRC) is “wrong for so many reasons.”
January 31, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK – The new 2008 Pride of Dakota Membership Directory is now available from the North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA).
January 31, 2008 (1st Press Release)
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson has renewed the industrial hemp grower licenses of two North Dakota farmers.
BISMARCK – Extending the growing season and product display are just some of the topics to be covered at the upcoming 2008 conference and membership meeting of the North Dakota Farmers Market and Growers Association, in Carrington.
NASHVILLE, TN – The leader of the nation’s state agriculture commissioners says a comprehensive national management plan is needed to deal with the damage to crops and livestock caused by blackbirds and other wildlife.
Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson issued the following statement on the confirmation of former North Dakota Gov. Edward Schafer as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
DICKINSON – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson told the state-appointed EmPower Commission today that further development of the livestock industry and of domestic and international markets will be needed to fully utilize the co-products produced from our biofuels plants located in North Dakota.
January 22, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK – North Dakota agricultural officials and farm leaders are in Washington, negotiating for federal registration of an important pesticide used by wheat and barley growers to control plant disease.
January 22, 2008 (1st Press Release)
Meeting Notice: A working group of the North Dakota State Board of Animal Health will meet from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30, Tuesday, Jan. 29, in Human Resources Room 206 of the State Health Department.
January 18, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK – The State Board of Animal Health has scheduled a continuing education program for sellers of modified live veterinary vaccines for Feb. 14, in Bismarck.
January 18, 2008 (1st Press Release)
Bismarck – North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson will address state legislative leaders from across the nation during a three-day summit dedicated to agriculture and rural development.
BISMARCK – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has put a hold on a requirement for farmers to register with the agency if they possess specified quantities of certain agricultural chemicals.
January 8, 2008 (2nd Press Release)
FARGO – A Sheridan County farmer has been awarded the 2008 Agriculture Commissioner’s Weed Control Partner Award.
January 8, 2008 (1st Press Release)
BISMARCK – Nicolette Borlaug is the new marketing intern in the North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA).
BISMARCK – North Dakota’s city and county weed control officials will discuss changes in the state’s noxious weed laws Tuesday, during the 2008 Agriculture Commissioner’s Weed Forum in Fargo.
December 27, 2007 (2nd Press Release)
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson has appointed David Phillips as pesticide, feed and fertilizer enforcement supervisor in the North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA).
December 27, 2007 (1st Press Release)
BISMARCK – Pesticide manufacturers can now apply online to register their products with the state of North Dakota.
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