The North Dakota Legislature passed incentives earlier this year to grow animal agriculture in the state. Livestock development was also part of the conversation at the Next 5 Years Conference in Moorhead. “It’s gotten renewed energy and vigor for a lot of reasons, said Ty Eschenbaum, managing partner, A1 Development Solutions, “From biosecurity and economics to the desire to diversify, throw in a couple crush plants kicking out more co-products and add carbon credits and what they do for access to manure; it has really hit a boiling point.”


