House and Senate Bills would impact students and schools

By Ann Estvold, NDNA Legislative Intern Proposals in the North Dakota Legislature would affect K-12 students and schools by regulating cell phone use, changing graduation requirements, and providing lowercost ways for building or renovating schools.

Prism of prose

I had not been sick for a couple of years. I almost forgot what it was like to be out of commission for a period of time. One is fortunate not to experience sickness every year or in some cases, a few years.

Reverse snowbird

Casting all your care upon him (all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, all your everything, once and for all), for he careth for you. KJV (1 Peter 5:7).I have a friend going through some troubled waters.

From the pastor’s desk

Solomon, in the book of Proverbs, shared some words about wives, such as “The man who finds a wife finds a treasure, and receives favor from the Lord,” and “Fathers can give their sons an inheritance of housesand wealth, but only the Lord can give an understanding wife” (18:22 ; 19:14 NLT).

Summertime

Soon winter will leave and then new leaves will return Twig by twig they will climb leaving the white gold and frost behind The buds and bugs in the green grass will announce, it’s Summertime!Lyon is an international poetPhoto by Duane H.H. Lyon

RED RIVER FARM NETWORK

Sharing ideas – Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association PresidentBrentBaldwinparticipated in the American Sugarbeet Growers Association annual meeting in San Diego. Baldwin sees this meeting as an opportunity to share ideas with other sugarbeet farmers.

Forage matters: Keep the cow herd rumen healthy during winter drylot

production specialist, NDSU Extension Over the holiday season, humans may experience stomach churning caused by a change in diet to rich holiday food. Stomach churning is not enjoyable for humans to experience and calls for a bottle of antacid.Stomach churning is a good thing, however, for cows.

NDSU Extension projects commodity prices for 2025

Planning for the future can be a very frustrating process particularly in times of market volatility. Planning typically pays high dividends. For most farm and ranch managers, developing realistic commodity price expectations is one of the most difficult and complex tasks of the planning process.

Producers should make ARC-PLC election decisions by April 15

Producers can elect coverage and enroll in crop-by-crop Agricultural Risk Coverage-County (ARC-CO) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs within each Farm Service Agency (FSA) farm unit, or ARC-Individual for the entire farm, for the 2025 crop year, says Ron Haugen, North Dakota State University...

North Dakota’s

North Dakota’s spring light goose conservation order opens Feb. 15 and continues through May 11.Residents must have a 2024-25 (valid through March 31) or 202526 (required April 1) combination license; or a small game, and general game and habitat license.