Doug Goehring Agriculture Commissioner | North Dakota Department of Agriculture
Doug Goehring Agriculture Commissioner | North Dakota Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has clarified the intentions behind House Bill 2150, which proposes minor amendments to North Dakota's corporate farming law. The bill aims to align various sections of the North Dakota Century Code that were updated in the previous legislative session.
The existing corporate farming law allows farmers to contract services such as grain purchases and harvesting. HB 2150 seeks to extend similar contracting opportunities to ranchers for services like fencing, weed control, reseeding, manure management, brush and land clearing, mulching, and pasture management.
Additionally, the bill addresses confusion surrounding annual reporting requirements for family farm LLCs and authorized livestock farm LLCs. It also aims to harmonize the corporate farming law with the Agriculture Land Ownership by Aliens law.
Commissioner Goehring emphasized that "HB 2150 does not permit unauthorized foreigners to purchase farmland in North Dakota. It does not expand who can legally own farmland." He added that all potential land buyers would still need to comply with existing laws restricting land ownership. Goehring stated, "These minor changes in HB 2150 are designed to simply make the law consistent and more easily understood. Statements to the contrary are disingenuous and misleading."
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