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BISMARCK, N.D. – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has requested the early release of emergency haying on acres enrolled in all Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contract types from United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack due to the drought. No response has been received.

BISMARCK – The North Dakota State Board of Animal Health granted a summer grazing exemption at their recent board meeting due to the widespread drought in North Dakota.

BISMARCK – Twenty-five North Dakota companies from around the state will display, sell, and sample their products at the 33rd annual KMOT Pride of Dakota Day on Monday, July 26, at the North Dakota State Fair in Minot.

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.

The Dakota Prairie Grasslands and Grazing Associations Working Group will meet at 10 a.m. CDT, Friday, July 16, the North Dakota Department of Agriculture’s 6^th floor conference room at the State Capitol.

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.

The Agriculture Diversification and Development Fund Committee will meet at 2:00 p.m. MDT, Thursday, July 29 in the Little Missouri Room of the Rough Riders Hotel at 301 3rd Ave., Medora, ND.

The North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Commission will meet at 2:30 p.m. MDT, Wednesday, July 28 and 8:25 a.m. MDT, Thursday, July 29 in the Little Missouri Room of the Rough Riders Hotel at 301 3rd Ave., Medora, ND.

BISMARCK – Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (USDA-RMA) announced that agricultural producers with crop insurance can hay, graze or chop cover crops on prevent plant acres for silage, haylage or baleage at any time and still receive 100% of the prevented planting payment. Previously, cover crops could only by hayed, grazed or chopped after Nov. 1 on prevent plant acres, or the prevented planting payment was reduced.

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