With Governors focused on aligning workforce and economic development activities across their states, NGA’s Summer Workforce Symposium brought together state leaders, including North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, to focus on developing a skilled workforce and expanding economic opportunity. The symposium also marked the launch of NGA’s Workforce Strategic Planning Collaborative, a new joint effort between […]
The director of the Grand Farm research and ag innovation project in the Fargo, N.D., and Minnesota area testifies about potential federal partnerships in an April 29, 2021, U.S. Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C. Among other things, the organization is working on meeting labor shortages in the sugarbeet industry by researching autonomous truck concepts.
The Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge, now in its eighth year, provides opportunities for Farm Bureau members to showcase business innovations being developed for agriculture. Grain Weevil Corp. is the winner of this year’s competition.…