News Archive

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has awarded 23 grants totaling $1.5 million to county agriculture fair associations in the state for the planning, design, and construction of infrastructure projects. County agriculture fair associations or associations that run or manage a county fair in North Dakota were eligible to apply.

BISMARCK - The Grape and Wine Advisory Committee will meet at 10 a.m. CST Friday, July 11, 2025, at the North Dakota Department of Agriculture’s 14^th floor conference room at the State Capitol, Bismarck.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced an enhancement to the interactive local foods map to allow farmers markets to indicate if they accept Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits at their market. The North Dakota State University Extension Family Nutrition Program supported the change to the map.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced that $300,000 is available for drone detection of noxious and invasive weeds with a focus on amaranth species and waterhemp, as authorized by the 69^th Legislative Assembly.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says farmers, ranchers, pesticide dealers and applicators, government agencies, homeowners and members of the general public should bring unusable pesticides to any of the 12 Project Safe Send collections in July.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring will host the Midwestern Association of State Departments of Agriculture’s (MASDA) Annual Meeting, June 29 – July 2, 2025, in Medora, ND. The intersection of ag and energy will be the focal point of this gathering of state and federal officials along with numerous agriculture and energy industry leaders.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has received personal reports of extensive damage to agricultural infrastructure in the wake of the strong storm system that went through North Dakota Friday evening, producing tornadoes, strong winds and hail.

BISMARCK, N.D. – At the recent State Board of Animal Health meeting, the board issued an order requiring lactating dairy cattle to be tested for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) within 10 days prior to being at the North Dakota State Fair. The board also strongly recommended that other fairs require testing as well.

The North Dakota Agriculture in the Classroom Council (AITC) will meet at 10 a.m., Thursday, June 19, in the North Dakota Department of Agriculture’s 6^th floor conference room at the State Capitol building.

BISMARCK – Proposals are being sought for industry research, promotion and marketing of the grape, fruit and wine industry in North Dakota.