Candid conversation on the future of agriculture
What happens when you put farmers, ranchers and ag leaders in a room and just listen?
In this episode of The Backstory, North Dakota News Cooperative CEO Sabrina Halvorson shares what she heard after organizing a four-hour agricultural roundtable at NDSU’s Peltier Center, where producers spoke candidly about the pressures shaping their work and way of life. Reporter Michael Standaert documented the discussion and the broader themes that emerged.
Listen here:
“As we talked around that table, we kept hearing the word chaos. And even just the idea of chaos can really affect agriculture. It affects trade, it affects how stable we look to our partners, and it drives up costs for farmers at a time when what they’re earning isn’t going up.” - Sabrina Halvorson, NDNC CEO
From trade uncertainty to generational transition, the conversation revealed both the complexity of modern agriculture and the shared concerns across the industry.
The Backstory is produced by the North Dakota News Cooperative, a nonprofit newsroom providing in-depth reporting to newspapers across the state. If you value this kind of journalism, consider making a donation to support our work.
The North Dakota News Cooperative is a nonprofit news organization providing reliable and independent reporting on issues and events that impact the lives of North Dakotans. The organization increases the public’s access to quality journalism and advances news literacy across the state. For more information about NDNC or to make a charitable contribution, please visit newscoopnd.org. Send comments, suggestions or tips to michael@newscoopnd.org. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NDNewsCoop.
