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More than 70% of North Dakota is considered to be in extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. In conjunction with declaring a drought emergency, the state also will reactivate a Drought Disaster Livestock Water Supply Project Assistance Program.
The “Peltier Complex” will be NDSU’s largest academic facility and honors one of the region’s most long-standing supporters of teaching, research, and extension in agriculture, the NDSU Foundation said in a news release.
Loren A. Schulz, of Edgeley, North Dakota, takes a bite out of the 2021 soybean crop. The farm got very little moisture during the year, but late rains and good genetics have helped the crop recover. The National Agricultural Statistics Service in its Sept. 27, 2021, Crop Progress report indicated soybean and corn harvest pace is ahead of average in North Dakota, Minnesota and South Dakota.
The NPPGA and Potato Bowl USA have selected four young people from North Dakota and Minnesota to be their 2021 scholarship winners.
Some North Dakota farm groups are growing concerned about federal COVID-19 vaccination mandates for elected Farm Service Agency county advisory committees and others.