Participants discuss current and future issues impacting agriculture and rural communities at a roundtable held by North Dakota News Cooperative with PolicyLink representative Josh Kirchenbaum, seated to right of Sabrina Halvorson (NDNC CEO, in orange). Photo Rusty Halvorson.
Amid chaotic times, farmers and ranchers want their voices heard
Work and way of life not well understood by majority of Americans
North Dakota farmers and ranchers with several generations on the land want people to know that this success is the very definition of sustainability.
Yet most are facing chaotic times that make it more difficult to operate and potentially pass their legacy on to their families.
For some, like Tony Schneider, a farmer and rancher and a…