Author: Betsy Armour

NDSGA Announces Results of
Officer Elections

Kasey Bitz of LaMoure re-elected President

FARGO, N.D—The North Dakota Soybean Growers Association (NDSGA) held officer elections during a recent Board of Directors meeting. NDSGA officers re-elected included President Kasey Bitz of LaMoure, Vice President Ryan Pederson of Rolette, Secretary Greg Gussiaas of Carrington and Treasurer Spencer Endrud of Buxton, North Dakota. 

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Soybean Farmers Share 2023 Farm Bill Priorities

Washington, D.C., May 25, 2022. The American Soybean Association is excited to share soy’s 2023 Farm Bill priorities. As the House and Senate Agriculture Committees lay the foundation for this pivotal legislation, ASA hopes its initial priorities list will provide insight and assure soy growers’ interests are considered as the farm bill process continues with hearings this year and...

USDA to Provide Approximately $6 Billion to Commodity and Specialty Crop Producers Impacted by 2020 and 2021 Natural Disasters

First Wave of Payments Based on Crop Insurance Data 

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2022 – The U. S Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disaster events in 2020 and 2021 will soon begin receiving emergency relief payments totaling approximately $6 billion through the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) new Emergency Relief...

Crushing Capacity Will Bring Value to North Dakota

Given the sheer land mass they cover, the nation’s forests and agriculture lands hold great potential for sequestering carbon, the pThis could be a game-changer for North Dakota soybean farmers.

North Dakota Soybean Council Hosts Fueling Your Farm Workshops

Our friends from the North Dakota Soybean Council are hosting Fueling Your Farm Workshops. Fuel experts will cover everything you need to know about diesel, renewable diesel, and biodiesel.

These free workshops will cover important topics for the successful operation of diesel equipment, from planting through harvest, including:

Recent...

Questions About Carbon

Given the sheer land mass they cover, the nation’s forests and agriculture lands hold great potential for sequestering carbon, the process by which plants capture carbon dioxide from the air and store it in the soil. The carbon stays in the soil until the soil is disturbed through tillage.

Carbon dioxide is a concern because, as a greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide holds in atmospheric...