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State Water Commission reactivates program to provide cost-share assistance for livestock producers

BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Doug Burgum and Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring announced today that the State Water Commission has reactivated the Drought Disaster Livestock Water Supply Project Assistance Program, as the governor declared a statewide drought disasterfor extremely dry conditions across North Dakota.

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Pesticide Control Board, acting in accord with recently signed legislation, HB 1338, is taking action due to the logistical problems associated with the declared Covid-19 emergency.

BISMARCK – The application deadline for the additional 2021 Specialty Crop Grants is Wednesday, April 7.

BISMARCK - The Crop Protection Product Harmonization and Registration Board will meet at 1 p.m., Tuesday, April 13, via conference call.

BISMARCK, N.D. - The Pesticide Control Board will meet at 11 a.m., Monday, April 5, via conference call.

BISMARCK – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a new $6 billion initiative called Pandemic Assistance for Producers, designed to reach a broader set of producers than previous COVID-19 aid programs. The initiative will include existing programs like the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) which will be refined, as statutory authority allows, to better address the needs of producers.

BISMARCK – Today is National Ag Day, a part of National Ag Week March 21-27, 2021.

BISMARCK – Each spring the Living Ag Classroom travels across North Dakota with more than 5,000 fourth and fifth graders in attendance. While in-person Living Ag Classrooms were not held this spring, the commodity groups, agencies and associations that teach students have put their presentations into an online resource housed on the North Dakota Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture in the Classroom website.

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department and the North Dakota Department of Agriculture are urging pet stores, aquarium owners and plant enthusiasts to take action after invasive zebra mussels were found in moss ball plants in North Dakota and multiple other states.

BISMARCK – The State Board of Animal Health will meet at 9 a.m., Wednesday, March 24, at the North Dakota Heritage Center. Due to the facility’s space limitations, interested members of the public may attend via conference call only.