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BISMARCK – Proposals are being sought that support biotechnology innovation and commercialization, promote the creation of bioscience jobs in the state, and promote bioscience research and development in North Dakota in the area of coronavirus research.

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Meat Processing Plant Cost-Share Program, initiated earlier this year to provide cost-share assistance to North Dakota meat processing plants, is getting more funding after the state Emergency Commission unanimously approved an additional $2.7 million for the program last week with funding from the coronavirus relief bill.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has awarded grants totaling more than $65,000 for four large-project orchard and garden grants.

BISMARCK, N.D. - The Bioscience Innovation Grant Fund Committee will meet at 9:30 a.m., Thursday, June 25, 2020 in the North Dakota Department of Agriculture’s 6th floor conference room at the State Capitol building.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring issued the following statement following the appointment of North Dakota Grain Growers Association President Dennis Haugen to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee (FRRCC) by EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler:

BISMARCK – Beekeepers have started moving beehives into the state and are reminded to get landowner permission and register their hive locations with the North Dakota Department of Agriculture.

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) has received notification from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that they have ordered the cancellation of the registrations for Xtendimax, FeXapan and Engenia, products used in over-the-top applications on Dicamba-tolerant soybeans.

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) is reviewing how a recent court decision will affect the 24c Special Local Needs (SLN) label for Xtendimax, FeXapan and Engenia, products used in over-the-top applications on Dicamba-tolerant soybeans.

BISMARCK – The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a ruling yesterday that immediately banned the registrations of Xtendimax, FeXapan and Engenia, products used in over-the-top applications on Dicamba-tolerant soybeans and cotton. This ruling was based on a determination that the continued registration of the products violated the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). It immediately bans the sale and use of these products nationwide.

BISMARCK – “I understand there is a great deal of frustration and worry about the loss of Dicamba as an option after yesterday’s court decision to ban it,” Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring said. “We will continue to monitor developments around any appeals of the ruling. In the meantime, it would be prudent to explore other broadleaf herbicides that control weeds in soybeans. Please contact your crop consultant, agronomist, extension agent or refer to the NDSU Extension Weed Control Guide for alternate options.”