MonDak OilField Review April 16-20

April 24, 2018 jasonspiess 0

MonDak OilField Review April 16, 2018: Gearing Up for the Bakken BBQ Tiffany Steiner, co-founder, Bakken BBQ, gives an update at some behind the scenes information including signing the local band Sawdust to play at the BBQ. She also list a few companies that have already signed up for the […]

Farmers receive just 11-cents from every dollar spent on Thanksgiving

November 21, 2017 jasonspiess 0

Farmers and ranchers take home just 11.4 cents from every dollar that consumers spend on their Thanksgiving dinner meals, according to the annual Thanksgiving edition of the National Farmers Union (NFU) Farmer’s Share publication. The popular Thanksgiving Farmer’s Share compares the retail food price of traditional holiday dinner items to […]

The Crude Life Interview: Farmers Union president on energy and ag

September 25, 2017 jasonspiess 0

Interview: Roger Johnson, president, National Farmers Union The National Farmers Union’s (NFU) continued their commitment to promoting American grown, renewable energy sources, NFU said recently in a press release.  President Roger Johnson joined the advisory board of New Energy America, a new organization created to promote clean energy jobs in […]

Johnson says Feds wrong on hemp

February 28, 2017 jasonspiess 0

Interview: Roger Johnson, president, National Farmer’s Union Gives an overview of the Farmers Union’s policy on hemp farming.  He also explains why the federal government is wrong with their criminalization of hemp.

Farmer’s Union president worried about mega mergers in Ag

February 1, 2017 jasonspiess 0

Interview: Roger Johnson, president, National Farmer’s Union, Washington DC Johnson has concerns about how the Monsanto/Bayer merger and how it will impact the small to mid-size farmers.  He also explains how other consolidations and mergers will raise the prices of seeds, fertilizers and other agriculture supplements.

How agriculture will look under Trump

January 22, 2017 jasonspiess 0

Interviews: Roger Johnson, president, National Farmer’s Union Talks about the Farm Bill and how agriculture will look under President Trump.  He also talks about the three major mergers happening in the global agriculture industry and how it will negatively impact farmers and ranchers.

PULSE crops becoming more common in Upper Midwest

June 21, 2016 jasonspiess 0

Interviews: Dean Gorder, director, North Dakota Trade Office Discusses PULSE crops and how they are becoming more common in North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Eastern Montana Cannabis Caucus 2016 Interview – Roger Johnson, president, National Farmer’s Union Gives an overview of the hemp market, how the US is the […]

PULSE crops emerging in the Upper Midwest

June 3, 2016 jasonspiess 0

Interview: Roger Johnson, president, National Farmers Union Talks about the emerging PULSE crops (peas, lentil, chickpeas) in the United States and the PULSE processing plant being built in Minot, ND.   The current plans call for the largest PULSE plant in North America and possibly the world.  He also talks about […]

National Farmers Union president says DEA is out of touch

May 28, 2016 jasonspiess 0

Interview: Roger Johnson, president, National Farmers Union, Washington DC Explains the emerging the hemp industry and the difficulty dealing with the DEA. Johnson also explains the difference between hemp and cannabis and how farmers would never plant the two in the same field as it would ruin and devalue both […]