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BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has awarded grants totaling $80,000 for industry research and promotion of the grape, fruit and wine industry in North Dakota.

North Dakotans who want to become certified for commercial, public or dealer pesticide application now have an option for an in-person exam.

BISMARCK – Congress has passed an amendment to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that enables agricultural businesses with 500 or fewer employees to participate in the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. The bill includes an additional $60 billion for the EIDL program.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring announced that two grants have been awarded totaling $126,000 to foster the growth of the bioscience industry in North Dakota.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring today issued guidance for ag-related businesses to ensure continuation of the food supply chain, while maintaining a healthy workforce. “The role of agriculture is clear,” Goehring said. “Ag-related businesses are critical and essential to providing for our most basic needs. I encourage producers to take the proper precautions and mitigate risk to ensure their operations continue to run smoothly.” The guidance documents issued include best practices to protect against COVID-19 and recommendations for:

BISMARCK, N.D. – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring announced revisions to the interactive local foods map to help consumers more easily find local foods in North Dakota. The revisions include identifying specific products such as fruits and vegetables, eggs, beef, poultry, pork, other meats, pickles, jams, jellies, honey, baked goods, and orchards.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is providing letters to critical and essential agriculture businesses for verification purposes in response to requests for being identified as such.

BISMARCK, N.D. - The Bioscience Innovation Grant Fund Committee will meet at 9 a.m. CST, Wednesday, April 22, via conference call.

BISMARCK - The Grape and Wine Advisory Committee will meet at 12 p.m. CST, Monday, April 20, via conference call.

BISMARCK – Gov. Doug Burgum has issued an executive order that suspends the April 1, 2020, expiration of commercial, public and private pesticide applicator certifications under North Dakota Century Code § 4.1-33 for the duration of the declared state of public health emergency.