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Four bills moving through the South Dakota Legislature would tighten regulations for infractions by licensed grain buyers and grain brokers.

The Hunter Hanson fraud in 2018 resulted in a shift of regulatory authority of grain from the North Dakota Public Service Commission to the North Dakota Agriculture Department. A bill going through the 2021 Legislature would move more control from the courts to the North Dakota agriculture commissioner.

PALERMO, N.D. -- Roger Harstad says a $111,000 non-sufficient funds check from Midwest Grain Trading has set the family's farm back two years. "I've got friends where it set them back more than that," Harstad says, gravely. And yes, he thinks som...

North Dakota grain regulation bill would expand Agriculture Commissioner's power The Hunter Hanson fraud in 2018 resulted in a shift of regulatory authority of grain from the North Dakota Public Service Commission to the North Dakota Agriculture Department. A bill going through the 2021 Legislature would move more control from the courts to the North Dakota agriculture commissioner. 2:05 pm, Mar. 3, 2021 × BISMARCK, N.D. — A bill that has passed the North Dakota Legislature will give the North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner more autonomy and discretion over who gets ...