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Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced that applications are again being accepted for 2021 Specialty Crop Grants due to additional one-time funding from a COVID-19 stimulus package passed by Congress in late 2020.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced that funding is available for research and promotion of honey bees.

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Department of Agriculture will host Local Foods Community Conversations virtually on Saturday, March 6, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. CST. The virtual conversations will take the place of the annual in-person local foods conference this year.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Commission (APUC) awards for six projects. The requests totaling $511,298 were approved at the APUC quarterly meeting Feb. 18 in Bismarck.

BERTHOLD – Mema’s Meats in Berthold is the newest North Dakota company operating under the State Meat and Poultry Inspection Program.

The Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) Peer Review Panel will meet at 9 a.m., Wednesday, March 10, at the Ramada Bismarck Hotel and Conference Center at 1400 E. Interchange Ave., Bismarck.

BISMARCK – The Kleingartner Dairy Farm of Gackle has received the Commissioner’s Award of Dairy Excellence.

The North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Commission will meet at 8 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 18 at the Radisson Hotel, 605 E. Broadway Ave., Bismarck, ND.

BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Department of Agriculture has scheduled free training sessions for produce growers across the state.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has awarded grants totaling more than $71,000 for five large-project orchard and garden grants.