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Articles written by Gov. Doug Burgum


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  • Guest: Farm Freedom can help animal agriculture

    Gov. Doug Burgum|Jan 30, 2023

    Recently a bill was introduced by several North Dakota farmer-legislators to help promote animal agriculture and reverse decades of decline which have caused our state to fall far behind neighboring states. Farm Freedom legislation will remove the handcuffs that have held back our farmers and ranchers for way too long. The problem: Archaic North Dakota law prohibits anyone who is not related from pooling their resources to start an animal ag operation. For example, if two unrelated farmers who...

  • Guest: It's time to unleash U.S. energy for safer world

    Gov. Doug Burgum|Nov 28, 2022

    On a recent trade and investment mission to Japan, we had just arrived at a Tokyo office to meet with the country's Minister of the Environment when news broke that North Korea had fired a ballistic missile toward the island nation. While that missile landed harmlessly in the sea, this brazen act left a trail of fear that is all too familiar to Japan, South Korea and our other allies in Asia. Yet also frightening is the thought of Japan today being entirely dependent on importing the energy it...