General Interest Archives

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Donations being accepted

Jun, 4 2013  |   general  |  Donations for the Oklahoma tornado relief fund effort will be matched by North Dakota Farmers Union Foundation until June 14, 2013. The match will be offered up to $5,000.  Checks... Read More

Women gather in Kidder County

May, 21 2013  |   general  |  Kidder County Farmers Union partnered with Dakota Sun Gardens and the Kozy Kitchen Café for their annual women’s event. This year, the theme was “It’s time to wine... Read More

Insurance agents earn awards

May, 21 2013  |   general  |  Farmers Union Insurance agents from across North Dakota met May 15-17 in Jamestown for the annual state-wide meeting. Agents learned more about all aspects of the insurance field from... Read More

NDFU accepts grants for programs

May, 1 2013  |   general  |  North Dakota Farmers Union was the recipient of two CHS Cooperative Education grants including $35,750 for the Generation KEY program and $160,000 for the camping program. The state... Read More

New employment opportunity at NDFU

Apr, 26 2013  |   general  |  North Dakota Farmers Union has an opening for a full-time staff executive director in Jamestown, N.D. The staff executive director is responsible for providing strategic leadership of the... Read More

Women's role in agriculture

Apr, 24 2013  |   general  |  Sue Carlson is the leader of the World Farmer's Organisation women's committee and recently addressed a panel at the third annaul General Assembly in Japan. Here is her speech regarding... Read More

Japan hosts General Assembly for WFO

Apr, 24 2013  |   general  |  The World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) hosted a General Assembly in Niigata, Japan, on April 15-18. North Dakota Farmers Union President Woody Barth represented North Dakota in a... Read More

National convention held in March

Apr, 2 2013  |   general  |  National Farmers Union (NFU) kicked off its 111th Anniversary Convention in Springfield, Mass. Nearly 500 gathered for the annual event, March 2- 5. “The convention was an... Read More

Touring a Massachusetts farm

Apr, 2 2013  |   general  |  The National Farmers Union Convention not only provided great speakers and policy discussion, attendees were given the opportunity to tour a local maple syrup farm. Attendees lucky enough... Read More

Club offers ideal venue

Apr, 2 2013  |   general  |  Dwight Noltimier and Rudi Bloomquist are active Farmers Union members in the Devils Lake area but that’s not the only thing they have in common. Both are avid curlers at the Lake... Read More