Union Farmer - December 2021

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Six years ago, I made a job change, but as I continue to grow in my career, I realize it was a life-changing event. To be a part of a company that helps and supports our community locally and nationwide is truly amazing. When I put the logo on each day, I feel good representing not just an insurance company but representing a Midwestern way of life. I believe Farmers Union shares the values of my community, helping people protect their homes and property. Each day, I get to assist clients in protecting their hard work and livelihoods and help them make the right choices for themselves and their families. I was offered a truly once in lifetime opportunity to come work with Farmers Union.

I am actively involved in the health and wellness of my community through a local gym. I am invested in our community’s young athletes, helping them to become tougher both mentally and physically.

In my spare time, I enjoy sharing the outdoors with friends and family. You will find me cruising the lakes of Minnesota, looking to hook killer walleyes and cheering on the Minnesota Vikings. Just like Farmers Union Insurance is rooted in the land, I was raised to respect and celebrate the wonders of the beautiful lake’s country and the tri-state area.

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UNION FARMER MAGAZINE Volume 68 • Number 12

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Children’s books a teaching tool

North Dakota Farmers Union is an educational organization. Our official name is Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America, North Dakota Division. We are not limited in scope to just education projects but offer many activities and programs ranging from advocacy to value-added ventures.

One of our more exciting priorities is to educate consumers. Over the past four years, we have been writing and publishing children’s books. We currently have three available for purchase.

You may ask yourself, why children’s books?

Many times I personally get asked this question.

If you think about it, we are a few generations removed from children and grandchildren growing up on the family farm. In fact, it is not uncommon to hear people say food or specifically milk comes from the grocery store, forgetting the work of the dairy farmer.

We need educational tools to reconnect future consumers with farms and ranches.

These books bring subtle education to those who buy them and read about how a farm and ranch operates today, and the community that farms support. They illustrate how a multigenerational family works together to achieve food production. Ultimately, our goal is to show the value of diverse family farms and ranches as the reason for the abundant food supply we enjoy in the United States. Keep in mind with only about 250 words per book, the education must be subtle.

Our first book, Our Family Farm: Everyone Works on a Family Farm, is focused on daily chores, fixing fence, and a long day of harvesting crops. The Rhodes family deals with the combine breaking down and how the family dog, Rocky, helps get the machinery up and running. It ends

with the delivery of grain to the elevator, showing the logistics of how grain we grow is transported around the world to feed others.

Our second book, Our Family Farm: The Early Snow, is focused on weather risks on the farm and how the community pulls together when an early snow causes a school bus to slip off the road. It also showcases the importance of the local Farmers Union cooperative in a community. In the end, farmer innovation is used to solve the icy road problem.

Our newest book, Our Family Farm: Cows on the Mooove, is focused on the care given to livestock, and even has an evil coyote that attempts to attack a calf. It concludes with cows and calves being moved out to pasture and a picnic for all the neighbors who helped transport the cattle.

I am not sure if we will continue to publish more books. It will be based on our ability to recover costs and get the books distributed to farm-removed generations. We are also discussing some animation concepts to take the characters in the book to the next level.

Everywhere I go, people talk about the important role family farmers and ranchers play in America’s story of food production. These books are one tool to tell our story. They can be read by children just developing their reading skills and they are excellent books for parents to read to gain more insight.

I encourage you to buy a book or two, or three, and send them to your relatives who are not connected to the farm or ranch anymore. This is your opportunity to showcase what happens on Our Family Farm.

Do you know a member who does something interesting or unique?

Let us know! We may feature them in the Union Farmer!

Contact Editor Chris Aarhus at caarhus@ndfu.org or 701-952-0118

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POLICY HOPPER FROM NORTH DAKOTA FARMERS UNION

Fed, state infrastructure passes

In 2017, the White House celebrated its first “Infrastructure Week” to build support for a trillion-dollar infrastructure plan. After four years and at least six failed attempts, “Infrastructure Week” finally arrived last month. On Nov. 15, Pres. Joe Biden signed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan bill. The same day, Gov. Doug Burgum signed a package of bills that includes more than $600 million to address the state’s infrastructure needs. These are major wins for North Dakota’s farm and ranch families and rural communities.

In March, Pres. Biden announced a bold

$2.3 trillion infrastructure plan. Shortly after, a group of 10 Democratic and 10 Republican senators (the G20) began negotiating a deal with the White House. The G20 and White House reached a bipartisan deal in June, and the Senate passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) on a 69-30 vote in August. Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer were among the 19 Republicans who voted for the legislation.

In the House, the infrastructure package languished for months as a partisan fight over a multi-trillion-dollar reconciliation bill ensued. North Dakota Farmers Union worked to

break that stalemate, urging our congressional delegation and others to advance the bill. In early November, the House finally passed the legislation on a 228-206 vote, clinching historic investments in roads, bridges, ports, and much more.

The infrastructure bill provides $110 billion in funding for roads, bridges and major projects, including $1.7 billion for North Dakota. It also sends $17 billion to ports and waterways, which are critical for getting North Dakota commodities to foreign markets. Another $55 billion will go toward water and wastewater systems, $65 billion to broadband infrastructure and $73 billion to update the nation’s power grid. Put simply, the IIJA is a big deal.

While Congress was sealing support for the IIJA, the North Dakota legislature was working on an infrastructure package of its own. Throughout October, the appropriations committees met to divvy up the state’s $1 billion share of the American Rescue Plan Act. NDFU saw the injection of federal funds as an opportunity to continue the progress made during the regular session earlier this year.

Throughout the process, NDFU worked to address the more than $450 million annual need

for county and township roads and bridges.

We also supported funding for natural gas infrastructure, value-added agriculture, and research and Extension needs.

During a whirlwind special session, the legislature approved three bills – House Bill 1505, House Bill 1506 and Senate Bill 2345 – that made strong investments in the state’s infrastructure. The package provides $317 million for road and bridge projects, including $100 million for counties and $17 million for townships. Another $150 million will help build a natural gas pipeline that will connect natural gas produced in the Bakken with communities along the Highway 2 corridor. Water projects will receive $75 million and $45 million will go to broadband infrastructure. All told, infrastructure investments comprised more than 60% of the final package.

The week of Nov. 15 was “Infrastructure Week” here in North Dakota and across the country. Together, the two funding packages will improve farmers’ access to markets, close the digital divide, spur new economic development and strengthen rural communities.

Government Relations Director Matt Perdue can be reached at mperdue@ndfu.org

NDFU HOSTS WOMEN’S CONFERENCE North Dakota Farmers Union hosted its annual Women in Leadership Development conference Nov. 10 at the its state office in Jamestown. The event kicked off with keynote speaker Michelle Miller, also known as “Farm Babe.” Miller, at right, spoke about educating people on where their food comes from and shedding light on misconceptions in the industry about GMOs and organics.

The group had a great time bonding, sharing stories and practicing communication and networking skills.

There was a panel of women including Jamie Sickler, Christina Rittenbach and Chelsey Erdman.

They shared stories and experiences of raising families on the farm.

The end of the day wrapped up with a wood and painting craft conducted by Wild Plum out of Jamestown.

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Megan O’Neil, laboratory manager for the National Agricultural Genotyping Center, looks through a microscope at Palmar amaranth seeds.

COVER: Missy Berry, an NAGC reearch analyst, looks at samples.

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THE WORK OF THE NAGC Lab tests prove crucial in solving yield loss from disease When American Foulbrood Disease (AFB) hits a hive, a beekeeper has no other realistic choice but to burn the colony to prevent its spread.

However, in some cases, it’s not AFB. The hive could be infected with European Foulbrood Disease, and there’s an important distinction.

“You can use antibiotics to get rid of that,” said Zach Bateson, a research scientist at the National Agricultural Genotyping Center (NAGC) in Fargo. “Keepers need to know which one they have.”

While trained beekeepers can get an idea from visual detection, confirmation can be found through the NAGC and its honeybee pathogen panel.

“It’s the most devastating pathogen we test for,” NAGC

Laboratory Manager Megan O’Neil said. “When we get an AFB positive, we try to be as conservative as we can be, with the mitigation being to burn it and the cost associated with that.”

It’s one of the many daily contributions the NAGC makes in finding solutions to the problems in agriculture. The center, which is housed on the campus of North Dakota State University, opened in June of 2016. Farmers Union Enterprises contributed $100,000 to the venture.

Five years in, the NAGC continues to make its mark, and its latest focus has been on identifying Palmer Amaranth, a “super weed” that has been found across North Dakota.

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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE The North Dakota Department of Agriculture reported in early November that Ward County is officially the 14th county in the state with a Palmer confirmation. Those confirmations come from the NAGC, which developed a test in-house to separately confirm Palmer, as opposed to other tests that exist but can’t distinguish Palmer from its pigweed cousin, Waterhemp.

“Five years ago, we didn’t have a test for this,” Bateson said. “Now, there’s more and more information about where it’s found, and they can use (this system) to fight the next weed.”

Though it’s often used to detect Palmer, the test has three targets – Palmer, Waterhemp and a variety target that bunches numerous other pigweeds together. The test took about six months from initial funding to a finished product for the Palmer test.

“The challenge is finding funding and then finding controls,” Bateson said. “You need isolates of a pathogen that have been confirmed, and it really helps if there is already genetic data or research on the pathogen.”

O’Neil said talk about having a Palmer test was initially met with mixed reviews, but that changed quickly.

“When NDSU’s weed scientists called, we said ‘Let’s go for it,’” O’Neil recalled. “They helped write the grant and pitch the project. … I think it’s flattering that NDSU called us for help. It’s what we do every day, and it’s fun to be able to help.

We’re not weed scientists, but we get glimpses into these different avenues and pockets in agriculture with the tests we provide.”

The NAGC does test Palmer leaves, but mostly tests seeds that come from the North Dakota State Seed Department, which may need to confirm that an out-of-state load is complying with North Dakota’s zero-tolerance policy on Palmer. If amaranth seeds are identified, they’re sent to the NAGC to confirm which noxious pigweed the small black seeds came from.

“Only the amaranth seeds come to us,” O’Neil said. “We randomly select 200 or use all of them if we have less than that. We wash the seeds to make sure there is no pollen from a different species that could give an erroneous result. We dry them, grind them and extract the DNA.” O’Neil said the lab has become incredibly efficient with its testing, with its record being 2 hours, 40 minutes for a test “in and out the door.”

“Some of the other labs have a pretty long turnaround time because they’re either bigger, for-profit companies bogged down by lengthy timelines or a university lab that just can’t handle the throughput,” O’Neil said, adding that the NAGC is a private not-for-profit. “We can prioritize these projects and get them into the mainstream where they need to be. We’re set up to be a high throughput facility. The seed (department) knows if they get it here before 14 • December 2021 • Union Farmer

noon, and we rush it, they could get an answer by the end of the day.”

However, O’Neil stressed the importance of the review process, even though it can hinder a timeline.

“Every test has a report that’s released out the door, and that goes through technical and administrative review,” she said. “If there’s only one person here, we can’t release any results, because you can’t review your own work. That’s

Zach Bateson, an NAGC research scientist, works with a sample.

why everyone is trained on everything, so we can always review each other’s work.”

Palmer amaranth takes about a third of the lab’s time, O’Neil said, with the other two-thirds mostly split between honeybee pathogen testing from across the nation, and seed purity tests, which are used to confirm the genetics of highquality seed.

Bateson said he’s proud to take part in helping producers find practical solutions to their

problems.

“The first step to any mitigation is to know what you’re fighting against,” he said. “Pathogens account for 25 percent of yield loss. Growers need help dealing with that. We play a small role in helping find these pathogens and making growers aware of them.”

The NAGC has a variety of tests that can help growers confirm disease. Learn more at genotypingcenter.com.

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One of North Dakota Farmers Union’s seven restaurants, Farmers & Distillers, is serving fans in the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. The arena is home to the NHL’s Washington Capitals, the NBA’s Washington Wizards and the WNBA’s Washington Mystics.

F&D serving fans in pro arena Farmers & Distillers is serving some of its made-from-scratch offerings right inside a professional sports arena.

The restaurant, owned by North Dakota Farmers Union, is serving fans inside Capital One Arena, which home to the NHL’s Washington Capitals, the NBA’s Washington Wizards and the WNBA’s Washington Mystics.

F&D is offering great game day eats: Loaded mac ‘N cheese with our pimento cheese, applewood smoked bacon, green

onion, and sour cream. An unusually delicious concessions feast with our southern fried chicken tenders & cracker-crusted shrimp basket with fries, and our scratch-made pimento cheddar biscuit.

Or fans can try the spicy fried chicken sandwich with Buck’s Hot Sauce and farmers slaw.

On the sweeter side, fans can grab a sundae with housechurned ice cream and choose their favorite: Hot Fudge or Bananas Foster.

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NFU supports bill on cattle markets In November, Senators Jon Tester (D-MT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Ron Wyden (DOR) and Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) announced a bill that would bring greater fairness to the beef marketplace: the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act. The bill would mandate minimum levels of cash trading in cattle marketing regions, create a contract library for independent producers to consider, require packers to report cattle weights and deliveries for slaughter two weeks in advance, and strengthens the penalties for packers who violate these rules.

National Farmers Union, along with the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association and American Farm Bureau Federation, supports the bill. NFU will work with these Senate leaders to press for swift passage of the bill.

FSA elections underway

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has begun mailing ballots for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) county and urban county committee elections to all eligible agricultural producers and private landowners across the country.

Elections are occurring in certain Local Administrative Areas (LAA) for these committee members who make important decisions about how federal farm programs are administered locally. To be counted, producers and landowners must return ballots to their local FSA county office or be postmarked by Dec. 6, 2021.

“Now is your opportunity to elect fellow farmers and ranchers in your community to serve on the local county committee,” said FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux. “These committees are a critical piece to the work we do by providing knowledge and judgment as decisions are made about the services we provide. Your voice and vote matters.”

NFU submits letter on biofuels

In a letter to the White House, NFU and rural leaders noted that biofuels hold the power to “insulate consumers from volatile oil markets by extending the fuel supply, much like releasing

oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, but with sustainable results.”

To promote competitive prices while reducing emissions, biofuel and farm advocates also urged regulators to act swiftly on long-awaited biofuel blending requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

Additionally, NFU President Rob Larew said canola oil renewable diesel should be approved for use as an advanced biofuel.

“This Administration should continue to support increased growth of biofuel production under the RFS program, which, in turn, will support increased investments in the rural economy and help mitigate climate change impacts … Where canola oil can provide a sustainable, alternative feedstock for biofuel production today, we urge USDA to encourage EPA to take prompt action on the pending petition to approve canola oil renewable diesel fuels as “advanced biofuels” under the RFS program.”

NRCS: Consider conservation programs

As fiscal year 2022 gets underway, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is reminding farmers and ranchers to consider conservation program assistance through programs such as the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), and Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) program. NRCS accepts applications for these programs year-round, but producers and landowners need to apply by state-specific ranking deadlines to be considered for this year’s funding.

If applications are received after ranking deadlines, those applications are automatically deferred to the next funding period.

Applications must be completed through local USDA Service Centers.

NRCS conservation programs provide technical and financial assistance to help farmers and ranchers make improvements on their land that conserve natural resources and help address climate change impacts.

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FINE-TUNING A LEGACY Fargo’s Larsen works through pandemic to release second album, ‘Testimony’

BY CHRIS AARHUS, NDFU

Paula Larsen of Fargo wishes she had recordings of her father singing.

“He didn’t sing in public or anything,” she recalled. “Those of us close to him got to hear it, but I don’t have anything to remember his beautiful voice.”

Paula has been a singer most of her life, and she was determined to make sure her family had something to hold onto. In 2014, she recorded an album “Legacy” that featured American popular standards such as “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on my Head.”

But for Paula, a Farmers Union member for many years, her latest venture has been a longtime coming. Despite delays and numerous hurdles with the pandemic, she recorded and released “Testimony,” a gospel album. It features traditional hymns and southern gospel.

“I had plans to record this gospel album in Henderson, Tennessee, which is a hotbed for Christian music,” Paula said. “Then COVID hit, so I bought the rights and we recorded in north Fargo. They did a fantastic job for me.”

To decide which tracks would go on the album, Larsen put 25 songs she liked on a spreadsheet and had her family rank them. The audience ranged across multiple generations.

“All of the younger people really liked ‘I Can Only Imagine,’ so I included that one,” Paula said.

Music was a big part of Paula’s upbringing, singing regularly in school and church in Des Moines, Iowa. Her affiliation with music slowed with the onset of adulthood, starting 18 • December 2021 • Union Farmer

ABOVE: Paula Larsen, a longtime Farmers Union member from Fargo, has released two albums.

AT LEFT: Larson performs in the studio.

a career and having a family. She worked as a sales representative in IBM’s office products division, demonstrating typewriters. It was these experiences that helped Larsen build perseverance.

“I was actually one of the first female reps, I think, in the nation to do any selling,” she said. “I remember I called up a president of a small-town bank and announced I was coming. He welcomed me and I demonstrated it. He said, ‘You know, young lady, you’ve convinced me we need a couple of those here at the bank. Would you tell our rep the next time he’s in the territory to stop by so we can draw up the contract? I said, ‘I am

your rep!’

“I carried those things up two flights of stairs in high heels to demonstrate them.”

Paula eventually ended her time with IBM as a systems engineer and was the development director for public radio for North Dakota State University for six years. She rekindled her love for music and started performing with friends at senior homes. That lasted for 16 years until the pandemic hit, she said.

She credits her musical development to her friend and music coach, Diane Townsend.

“If I hadn’t been for her and being good friends with her, I probably would not have done this,” Paula said.

Paula said her motivation for the gospel album

is to “draw the family close to the Lord.” She sings at her church – Peace Lutheran in north Fargo — once a month and would like to return to singing in senior homes. She’s scheduled to appear at The Celebration of Women and Their Music on Feb. 19 at the TAK in Moorhead, Minn.

Most of her debut album can be heard by searching her name in YouTube. The gospel album is $10 and can be had by contacting Peace Lutheran church at 701-232-7166.

“A lot of grandmothers quilt and crochet and do those wonderful things that give nice gifts to their families that are lasting remembrances,” she said.

“I don’t do those kinds of things as much. This happens to be my gift. It’s a way that I could make some permanence of it and share it.”

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get to know the

State youth advisory council Mara Bjornson - Valley City High School Grade 12 What is your greatest Farmers Union experience?

Meeting my lifelong best friend Kristen Kramer.

What leadership skills do you hope to build this year?

Working well with others.

McKenzie Current - valley city high school grade 12 What is your greatest Farmers Union experience? having fun adventures on trips and at camp but Above all, is making friends.

What leadership skills do you hope to build this year? communication skills and trust in my own abilities.

Paige Henningsen - Ellendale High School grade 11 What is your greatest Farmers Union experience? being able to meet new people and making some of my best friends today.

What leadership skills do you hope to build this year? keeping a positive attitude when things are frustrating and speaking up for myself and others.

Karina Olson - valley city high school grade 11 What is your greatest Farmers Union experience? meeting my best friends and just always having a smile on my face.

What leadership skills do you hope to build this year? building off everyone’s ideas.

Taylor Rath - williston high school grade 11 What is your greatest Farmers Union experience? meeting new friends, new experiences, learning about different topics, lake, and camp craft.

What leadership skills do you hope to build this year? learning to be more open and willing to listen.

Mary Rude - dakota prairie high school grade 11 What is your greatest Farmers Union experience? many great memories from camp but i’d have to say my favorite one is being nominated for syac.

What leadership skills do you hope to build this year?

I hope to better my public speaking and my creativity.

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22 • December 2021 • Union Farmer

JAMES RIVER FARMERS UNION CAMP GRAND OPENING JAMES FARMERS UNION CAMP June 24 •RIVER Jamestown Reservoir

Cement your legacy at the brand new James River Farmers Union Camp The NDFU Foundation invites you to become a permanent part of the new Farmers Union Camp by purchasing a personalized engraved brick paver that will forever be part of the new camp location.

Payment can be made with cash, credit card, check or directly on our website at ndfu.org.

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To order by phone, call 701-952-0102.

Paver prices 4"x8" – $250

8"x8" – $450

16"x16" – $850

8"x16" – $550

12"x24" – $1,050

Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America, ND Division

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1415 12th Ave SE PO Box 2136 Jamestown, ND 58402