ASA & USB Remind All Farmers: — #SoyHelp to Manage Farm Stress Only a Web Click or Social Search Away
Joint campaign during Mental Health Month will offer tips and resources to help farmers stay healthy Washington, D.C. May 4, 2022 – The American Soybean Association (ASA), United Soybean Board (USB), and soy states want to help farmers who may need a hand managing the stress of life on the farm. This May during Mental […]hi
Joint campaign during Mental Health Month will offer tips and resources to help farmers stay healthy
Washington, D.C. May 4, 2022 – The American Soybean Association (ASA), United Soybean Board (USB), and soy states want to help farmers who may need a hand managing the stress of life on the farm. This May during Mental Health Month, the soy community will continue its...
Murphy’s Law Blog 2023 | #27 — Conference Committees
This is the time in a session when one is busy and then idle for long stretches. Almost all committees, other than Appropriations, have kicked their bills to the floor or are in conference committees that meet to finalize language into an agreement and enforceable form. I believe this is Day 67, and we have […]hi
This is the time in a session when one is busy and then idle for long stretches. Almost all committees, other than Appropriations, have kicked their bills to the floor or are in conference committees that meet to finalize language into an agreement and enforceable form. I believe this is Day 67, and we have about two weeks left unless it takes three. Unofficial pools for picking the date and...
NDSGA | Legislative Report — April 14, 2023
The countdown to get bills moved through committee is on and North Dakota Representative Jared Hager says work in the tax and finance committee and the focus on the North Dakota Legacy Fund.hi
The countdown to get bills moved through committee is on and North Dakota Representative Jared Hager says work in the tax and finance committee and the focus on the North Dakota Legacy Fund.
Murphy’s Law Blog 2023 | #26 — Two Water Bills
Today saw some action on HB 1391 which specifies that the unofficial minutes of a Water Resource District (WRD) be published in the official newspaper within 10 days of the meeting. It also says that if the WRD has a website, those same minutes be posted there as well. A Conference Committee will settle it. SB 2326 was […]hi
Today saw some action on HB 1391 which specifies that the unofficial minutes of a Water Resource District (WRD) be published in the official newspaper within 10 days of the meeting. It also says that if the WRD has a website, those same minutes be posted there as well. A Conference Committee will settle it.
SB 2326 was also passed this morning. That bill emphasized that $1 million is the...
NDSGA | Legislative Report — April 7, 2023
Conference Committee deliberation is underway at the North Dakota Legislature. North Dakota Grain Growers Association Executive Director Dan Wogsland discusses HB 1020.hi
Conference Committee deliberation is underway at the North Dakota Legislature. North Dakota Grain Growers Association Executive Director Dan Wogsland discusses HB 1020.
Murphy’s Law Blog 2023 | #25 — Update - NDSU Research and Extension Budget
For obvious reasons, your NDSGA supports the NDSU Research and Extension budgets each and every year. Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations division (there are three) termed Government Operations went through a very large budget for the final time. Today, it appeared before the full Appropriations Committee and sailed through. Overall, I believe it was stated that […]hi
For obvious reasons, your NDSGA supports the NDSU Research and Extension budgets each and every year. Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations division (there are three) termed Government Operations went through a very large budget for the final time. Today, it appeared before the full Appropriations Committee and sailed through. Overall, I believe it was stated that they cut $17 million from what...
NDSGA | Legislative Report — March 31, 2023
Senate Bill 2183 would help costs associated with snow removal in rural townships. North Dakota Senator Terry Wanzek says he’s gotten calls about townships paying four to five times their budget on snow removal this year.hi
Senate Bill 2183 would help costs associated with snow removal in rural townships. North Dakota Senator Terry Wanzek says he’s gotten calls about townships paying four to five times their budget on snow removal this year.
Murphy’s Law Blog 2023 | #24 — Getting Close on Policy Bills
The Senate Ag committee is closing up with some tweaks to a water bill and another on rural grocery stores. House Ag is going to be extending its work into next week as they wait on information for a foreign adversary land ownership bill. This issue has tentacles that extend into federal laws, so it […]hi
The Senate Ag committee is closing up with some tweaks to a water bill and another on rural grocery stores.
House Ag is going to be extending its work into next week as they wait on information for a foreign adversary land ownership bill. This issue has tentacles that extend into federal laws, so it needs extra care to avoid unintended consequences (SB 2371).
Work will continue on SB 2279...
Murphy’s Law 2023 Blog | #23 — Waldron Hall (NDSU Research and Extension)
Also known as the Ag Field Lab, Waldron Hall is the number one priority item identified by SBARE (State Board of Agricultural Research and Education) for this legislative session. The bill it is found within is HB 1020, which contains all manner of funding for Research and Extension efforts. The building would replace four aging […]hi
Also known as the Ag Field Lab, Waldron Hall is the number one priority item identified by SBARE (State Board of Agricultural Research and Education) for this legislative session. The bill it is found within is HB 1020, which contains all manner of funding for Research and Extension efforts. The building would replace four aging structures, I believe, with the central focus of being seed and...
NDSGA | Legislative Report — March 24, 2023
House Bill 1515, which would allow dairy farms to sell raw milk, is in the Senate at committee. North Dakota Senate Ag Committee Chair Larry Luick says there’s been a lot of interest in the bill.hi
House Bill 1515, which would allow dairy farms to sell raw milk, is in the Senate at committee. North Dakota Senate Ag Committee Chair Larry Luick says there’s been a lot of interest in the bill.