A Message from our Ag Commissioner

Welcome to the North Dakota Department of Agriculture. I'm Commissioner Roger Johnson. Agriculture is North Dakota's number-one industry. It's why we've adopted the mission of being the trusted provider of the highest quality food in the world. North Dakota farmers and ranchers produce enough beef to make 2 billion hamburgers, enough wheat for 108 billion sandwiches, and enough durum wheat for 93 pound of pasta for every American. Agriculture in North Dakota is a $3 billion a year industry. Along with ag related businesses, agriculture makes up 37% of our state's economy.

The staff of the North Dakota Department of Agriculture is dedicated to ensuring a safe food supply. We help producers with important decisions concerning chemical use and disposal, animal health and finding markets for their products. In addition, we help farmers overcome financial difficulties through our agricultural mediation service. While U.S.D.A. and Congress carve farm policy, we analyze policy issues and work to influence public policy in ways that benefit North Dakota.

We invite you to take a look around the Web site and see what we have to offer. We've worked hard to produce a Web site that you will use as your one-stop agriculture information center - ag weather, farm markets, news releases and links to other useful agricultural Web sites. From potatoes and sugar beets in the east to the wheat fields and ranches of the west, North Dakota was built by our family farmers and ranchers.

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