For North Dakota producers, 'death by a thousand paper cuts'

For North Dakota producers, 'death by a thousand paper cuts'

BISMARCK — North Dakota is experiencing losses on nearly every commodity outside of beef and cattle and the state is working toward finding solutions to the ongoing loss of cropland value. At the same time, costs have increased at a faster rate than farmers are used to. North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring describes it as “death by a thousand paper cuts.” “It’s not any one thing that’s taking farmers to their knees,” he said. “I n…