This year’s Agriculturist of the Year is Julie Ellingson of St. Anthony, N.D.

The major theme of the conference is to assess the impact of emerging climate change policies in U.S. agricultural production, competitiveness and farm income.

This year’s events will feature the latest research on issues that impact agriculture in North Dakota.

Experts will discuss and answer questions about North Dakota’s economy and its agriculture and energy industries.

The field day will include virtual fence demonstrations that show how the technology can be implemented to achieve management goals.

Nutrition and production are among the issues highlighted in the 2015 North Dakota Beef Report.

NDSU researchers study several beef cattle topics in 2014.

The Sheep Unit recently completed a multiyear remodeling project.

Topics include lamb nutrition, flock health and producer-to-consumer marketing.

Hoppe and Zwinger receive awards at the Northern Plains Food and Farming Conference.