Articles tagged under: North Dakota Farmers Union

G7 Ag Ministerial: Feeding a Global Market

Published October 3, 2024

The G-7 agricultural ministerial meeting in Italy focused on sustainable food systems in a changing global climate. North Dakota Farmer’s Union President Mark Watne was part of the U.S. ag delegation that met simultaneously. "We were trying to deliver a…
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Differing Views on Measure 4

Published September 17, 2024

The North Dakota Farm Bureau and the North Dakota Farmers Union are taking opposing positions on Measure 4, a ballot measure in the general election on November 5. The North Dakota Farm Bureau is in favor of passing the measure…
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NDFU Returns From Annual Fly-in

Published September 14, 2024

Twenty-six North Dakota Farmers Union members were on Capitol Hill this past week urging lawmakers to pass the farm bill. "We're finding even more urgency because prices have collapsed as far as the commodities we sell," said NDFU President Mark…
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Farm Bill Urgency

Published September 6, 2024

The National Farmers Union is hosting a fall legislative fly-in this week. “Our North Dakota Farmers Union members are really excited to get out to Washington D.C. and join about 300 family farmers and ranchers,” said Matt Perdue, government relations…
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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…
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Shark Farmer Shares His Story

Published February 23, 2024

Rob Sharkey is no stranger to adversity and much of his keynote speech at this year's Evolution Ag Summit focused on just that. Known as 'the Shark Farmer, Sharkey opened his speech by detailing how his early venture into hog…
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The Carbon Conundrum 2.0

Published February 21, 2024

The sustainability trend is impacting the food and farm market. "That means producers have a decision to make," said North Dakota Farmers Union Government Relations Director Matt Perdue. "They have to decide if they are going to participate in something…
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The Carbon Conundrum

Published February 16, 2024

Reducing the carbon footprint and 'green' production is heavily incentivized for today’s farmers. "I don't think any issue or trend is impacting our markets where folks have as many questions as they do about this carbon topic," said Matt Perdue,…
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