Youth bring home honors from the state shooting sports match.

During Richard Frohberg’s tenure at NDSU, 25 wheat varieties were released from his program.

Teams also qualify for the 2014 4-H National Invitational Match.

Emmons, Morton, Ramsey and Ward teams take first place in the spring 4-H shooting sports match.

Teams from Cass and Ramsey counties receive first place in their respective divisions at the state 4-H air rifle match.

The new shallow-loss crop insurance is not available this year.

The single biggest change is the elimination of direct payments to farmers

Farm bill sign-ups were as expected.

Jerry Doan, a leader in North Dakota agriculture, was the first chair of the State Board of Agricultural Research and Education.

The Emmons County senior team is the state champion and has qualified for national competition.