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BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring announced that applications are open for trade show participation grants. The grant program will assist North Dakota value-added agriculture companies in exploring domestic wholesale markets by exhibiting at trade shows outside of the state.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has awarded 21 grants totaling over $3.3 million to promote the development, cultivation, production and sales of specialty crops in North Dakota. 

BISMARCK – The public is invited to a “Fresh from North Dakota” breakfast or lunch for purchase at the Capitol Café inside the North Dakota State Capitol on Thursday, Aug. 29 from 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring said that applications are now being accepted for reimbursement of organic certification costs through the Organic Certification Cost Share Program for fiscal year 2024.

BISMARCK, N.D. – This week, adult emerald ash borers (EAB) were collected from a trap placed in LaMoure County, nine miles north of Edgeley, North Dakota. Upon follow-up from North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) staff, additional larvae were collected and have been officially confirmed as EAB. The detection is the first in North Dakota, and it becomes the 37th state to detect EAB.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Commission (APUC) awards for seven projects. The awards totaling $418,607 were approved at the APUC quarterly meeting July 31-Aug. 1 in Medora.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Retailers are encouraged to do their due diligence on current inventory and before ordering hemp-derived products to sell at their businesses. Hemp-derived cannabinoid products such as cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabigerol (CBG) that meet the intent of the law will continue to be allowed until there is further action by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); however, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) products that induce psychotropic effects are not allowed in the state.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced Agriculture Diversification and Development (ADD) Fund awards for four projects. The awards totaling $625,000 were approved at the ADD quarterly meeting July 31 in Medora.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring announced the planned release of four 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. 28, 2024. 

The meeting has been canceled and will be rescheduled.

The North Dakota Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) Council will meet at 1:00 p.m., Monday, Aug. 19, in the North Dakota Department of Agriculture’s 6th floor conference room at the State Capitol building.