Articles tagged under: NDFU
A Good First Step
Published March 6, 2024
North Dakota Farmer’s Union President Mark Watne sees the Inclusive Competition and Market Integrity Rule - a new rule to the Packers and Stockyards Act - as a good first step in helping fix some of the issues that producers…NDFU Meets in Bismarck
Published December 18, 2023
North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne is hearing concerns from members about what is happening in the insurance sector. “Premiums are probably going up and it’s industry wide,” said Watne. “That comes with the fact that we’re having very…Preparing the Next Generation
Published December 10, 2022
North Dakota State University Extension and North Dakota Farmers Union partnered on a farm successing planning workshop in Bismarck. "Anytime you hand down property to keep a farm going, there's going to be a lot of planning involved," explained Tyler…NDFU Adopts Three Special Orders of Business
Published December 13, 2021
The North Dakota Farmers Union met over the weekend to set policy priorities and adopt three special orders of business for 2022. The special orders of business will be the legislative priorities for NDFU in 2022. "The three big issues…Ag Seeks a Permanent Fix for Cover Crops and PP Acres
Published August 20, 2020
Farmers, ranchers and agriculture groups in the Northern Plains are welcoming the September 1 date to graze and hay cover crops planted on prevent plant ground. In 2019, prevent plant acres were 3.9 million in South Dakota and 850,000 acres…NDFB Files Lawsuit Challenging Hog Permit Denial
Published January 15, 2019
NDFB and the Ramsey County Farm Bureau have filed a lawsuit against Grant Harbor Township. The farm groups claim the township has gone beyond the limits of the law with denial of a hog barn building permit near Devils Lake,…NDFU Urges Administration to Make MFP Payment
Published December 17, 2018
In a special order of business, the North Dakota Farmers Union called on the Trump Administration to immediately issue the second trade relief payment. In a statement, NDFU President Mark Watne said it is great to see trade resuming with…NDFU: Trade War Needs to End
Published October 31, 2018
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue recently said the Trump Administration has no plans for trade assistance payments in 2019, which triggered a response from North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne. In a statement, Watne said the Administration made the decision…Trade War Impact Runs Deep
Published October 10, 2018
North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne is calling on the Trump Administration to address the ongoing trade war and its long-term impact on Rural America. Watne says countries like Brazil are adding production capacity and taking markets away from…