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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.

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.

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

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.