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BISMARCK – North Dakota’s state veterinarian is reminding livestock producers to vaccinate their animals against anthrax, following the recent detection of the disease in northwestern Minnesota. Dr. Ethan Andress says that with the recent weather events, conditions are right for the disease to occur.

BISMARCK - The Grape and Wine Advisory Committee will meet at 10 a.m. CST Friday, July 7, 2023, via conference call.

BISMARCK, N.D. - The Organic Advisory Board will meet at 1 p.m., Tuesday, July 18 at the Carrington Research Extension Center, 663 Hwy 281 N, Carrington, ND.

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 – Field days have been finalized at multiple North Dakota sites to collect and redistribute flea beetles that eat leafy spurge.

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) and the North Dakota Agriculture in the Classroom Council are seeking proposals for developing and conducting educational programs and materials to help young people understand the importance of agriculture in North Dakota and in their own lives.

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

BISMARCK – The State Board of Animal Health will meet at 9 a.m., Wednesday, June 7, at the Dakota Zoo Discovery Center, 602 Riverside Park Road, Bismarck, ND.

BISMARCK, N.D. - The North Dakota Wheat Commission Member-at-Large Nominating Committee will meet at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 13, in the North Dakota Department of Agriculture’s 6th floor conference room at the State Capitol.

BISMARCK, N.D.  –  The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in the case of Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency. The Supreme Court narrowed federal Clean Water Act jurisdiction to only wetlands that are “indistinguishable” from larger bodies of water “due to a continuous surface connection.”