Federal trade, health policies add to concerns for North Dakota farmers, state ag commissioner says

By Jacob Orledge/North Dakota Monitor North Dakota’s agriculture commissioner warned lawmakers last week that federal trade and health policies are exacerbating concerns of farmers already worried about low ag commodity prices and high production costs.In order to keep up, the average farm in North Dakota is borrowing 12 to 20 times more than the average farm did in the 1980s, Agricult...

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