NDGGA Delegation Meets with Top Washington Policy Makers

Feb 7, 2020 | Grain Growers' Almanac

FARGO, N.D. (Feb. 7, 2020) – A delegation of representatives from the North Dakota Grain Growers Association spent the week in Washington meeting with top policy makers. The trip included meetings with Sens. Hoeven and Cramer, Rep. Armstrong, RMA Administrator...

Secretarial disaster designation requested for 47 of 53 ND counties as crop losses continue to mount

Nov 1, 2019 | News

BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Doug Burgum, working in cooperation with state Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring, North Dakota’s congressional delegation, the federal Farm Service Agency and agencies across state government, sent a letter today to U.S. Secretary of...

North Dakota Wheat Commission Releases Annual Crop Quality Reports

Oct 22, 2019 | News

FARGO, N.D. – (Oct. 22, 2019) – The North Dakota Wheat Commission recently released the results of its annual crop quality reports. The organization has been conducting harvest surveys for more than 60 years, and the data gathered is used for publishing...

ND Ag Producers Encouraged to Contact Extension Agents to Report Damage, Losses and Conditions

Oct 16, 2019 | News

Last weekend’s winter storm made a bad situation worse for many North Dakota agricultural producers. “Though the best relief obviously would be warm, dry weather, NDSU Extension and the North Dakota Department of Agriculture want to help producers by gathering...

2019 Wheat Harvest A Challenge In Many Areas

Oct 2, 2019 | News

The prolonged and rain impacted harvest season across much of our region has created many challenges, including a slow harvest pace, high moisture wheat, reduced color or vitreous kernels, and a larger than normal share of the crop is also showing low falling numbers....

NDGGA President Jeff Mertz Responds to U.S. Japan Trade Deal

Sep 25, 2019 | News

Fargo, N.D. (Sept. 25, 2019) – President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Abe have signed a new trade agreement during a United Nations General Assembly Meeting in New York. The deal includes tariff reductions and country specific quotas that would benefit...