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BISMARCK – The State Board of Animal Health will meet at 9 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 17, in the North Dakota Department of Agriculture’s 6^th floor conference room at the State Capitol.

BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Department of Agriculture received confirmation of the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial turkey flock in Dickey County from the South Dakota State University Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory on Saturday, Aug. 30.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced that funding is available through the Low Carbon Fuels Program to support ethanol facilities on eligible capital projects that increase the efficiency of a facility and decrease the carbon intensity of the production process, as authorized by the 69^th Legislative Assembly.

BISMARCK – North Dakota’s state veterinarian says the state’s first reported case of anthrax this year is a reminder to livestock producers to take action to protect their animals from the disease, especially in areas with a history of the disease. Anthrax was confirmed Tuesday in a beef cattle herd in Stark County by the North Dakota State University Veterinary Diagnostic Lab.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring announced the planned release of three more webisodes in their original series, Fresh from North Dakota, featuring North Dakota specialty crops. A webisode has been released today with an additional webisode coming each Wednesday through Aug. 20, 2025.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Commission (APUC) awards for nine projects. The awards totaling $1,069,107 were approved at the APUC quarterly meeting July 23-24 in Medora.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced Agriculture Diversification and Development (ADD) Fund awards for three projects. The awards totaling $687,694 were approved at the ADD quarterly meeting July 23 in Medora, ND.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring announced that grants totaling $80,000 have been awarded for industry research, promotion and marketing of the grape, fruit and wine industry in North Dakota.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced the awarding of a $300,000 grant to conduct drone detection of noxious weeds.

Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has activated the North Dakota Harvest Hotline.