Paul Thomas

Great news that @TheGrandFarm will serve as both National Program Manager and the first proving ground for @USDA’s AgTech Proving Grounds Network. This initiative will test precision ag tech in real-world conditions, helping farmers invest with confidence, while positioning North Dakota as a leader in ag innovation.

Our Good Day Dakota anchor Amber French is in Karlsruhe She’s connecting with someone you should know in North Dakota 🤝✨ Get a first look at who she is and how she’s making an impact on the state tomorrow on Good Day Dakota 📺👀

Year-round E15 will add $25.3B to the GDP, support more than 128,000 full-time jobs, strengthen American energy security, and support our hardworking North Dakota farmers. Let’s get it done!

why not just raise income tax rates? because your real intent is not to just “provide healthcare”. you’re masking that you are proposing the creation of, for the first time in the 250 years of this American republic, an organized government seizure of private property from citizens. you’re calling it a “wealth tax” or a “billionaires tax” or “millionaires tax” or whatever nom du jour polls well. but at the end of the day, it’s the seizure of private property from citizens by the government. citizens that earned money, paid their fair taxes on those earnings (53% if they live in California) and are now being told they need to hand over after-tax assets because the government has failed to provide promised services with the revenue it’s collected, and are now re-casting their own failure to be a socio-economic inequity that must be justly resolved... a slippery slope that has never gone anywhere good (see economic effects in USSR, Cuba, Venezuela, France and Norway wealth tax etc.) the American founders fled tyranny in Europe and this amazing nation was populated by immigrants (myself and your parents) from around the world not just looking for a “better life” but for a place where they could have freedom from tyrannical governments that can take what they want from private citizens. a great nation borne of property rights, the rule of law, and endowed freedoms to believe, speak, or act. these principles led to the greatest run of innovations, successes, and widespread increase in prosperity, for all citizens, ever seen. the citizens, the individuals, not the institutions, delivered this progress. those who invented, who toiled, who bled, who sacrificed, who took risk and persevered, who led, and who changed the world, are not charlatans, kleptocrats, or oligarchs. they’re what made us all better off. prosperity is a measure of america’s success, not its failure. it is your principle that is so offensive, as evidenced by the broad disdain for your flippant flirtation with the darkest of human fantasy - socialism. you and other neo-socialists have led so many of us to reflect on America’s history and what it is becoming. that now leads so many to consider, so unnecessarily, leaving their homes for a place where everyone stands up to shout down the principle you suggest. because if your ideas are now considered moderate, it’s clear this titanic is sinking. that a “simple tax” of taking assets that have been earned, through toil and tribulation, rightly taxed, and preserved, should now be unjustly seized, is your solution to a problem of obvious government mismanagement and outright fraud, tells us that your true motivation lies not in giving people healthcare but in cutting down success and deleting the system of prosperity and opportunity for all. i don’t care, and neither should anyone else, what the sum total market value of a private citizens private assets might be. it is none of my business and should be none of yours. because, again, once you open that pandora’s box, we might as well study Lord of the Flies … there is literally nothing stopping 51% of citizens demanding that their government go out and seize 100% of the private property of the 49%. want to give healthcare to people in need? do your job and fix healthcare. make it affordable. want to be lazy about it? then do your job lazily and raise income taxes. want to take private property from private citizens who have paid their fair share of taxes and legally earned their property, then honestly declare that it is envy, not inequity, that you strive to resolve…

Today, we joined lawmakers and state Tax Commissioner Brian Kroshus to highlight the significant relief being provided by the $1,600 Primary Residence Credit (PRC), while also emphasizing the need to grow the credit in future legislative sessions to eliminate property taxes for even more households. The increased credit has wiped out property taxes for 30% of eligible households in North Dakota, or roughly 50,000 households. In addition to the 50,000, another 95,000 households will pay smaller property tax bills after the $1,600 credit is applied. A random sample of 50 property tax statements from 15 counties shows an average reduction in property taxes of 46%. The application period for this coming year’s PRC campaign begins Jan. 1 and will remain open through April 1 at tax.nd.gov/prc. Eligibility requirements include being a resident of the state and living in a home that serves as a primary residence. There are no age or income restrictions, and there is a limit of one credit per household. Read the full release: governor.nd.gov/news/north-dak…

What can U.S. states learn from a country where most land sits below sea level? This fall, AFC led a bipartisan group of 14 state legislators to the Netherlands to study proven flood resilience strategies. Read more: floodcoalition.org/afc-convenes-s…

I only learned this a few years ago. The NDHSAA is an independent nonprofit association. Its members set the rules. The state has no role in the NDHSAA. Talk to your superintendent at your school if you want change. The only way change happens is school boards and administrators become active in their Association or they withdraw.

North Dakota has a 13 billion sitting in a legacy fund yet we have to pay and stream to watch the high school state volleyball championships. Cmon it’s children . Embarrassing.

Have to pause harvest until we get cold

Sawyer is accepting donations for their food drive to be distributed on Nov. 14 and Nov. 28. Velva Fresh Foods is collecting monetary donations to make gift baskets for eligible residents. More: kfyrtv.com/2025/10/30/saw…

2025 Canola Yield Trial - Velva, North Dakota

Congratulations. Making North Dakota proud.

Hosted by @CSGMidwest & @floodcoalition, a bipartisan team of #Midwestern & Southern state legislators are visiting 🇳🇱 to learn from Dutch officials & scientists the best practices for #floodmitigation, #resilience & recovery. On Sept. 8, @usembthehague held a reception for them.

Board Member Spotlight! 🌱 Scott German brings a strong voice for crop and livestock producers as a director on NDSGA. He farms near Fullerton, raising soybeans, corn & hogs. He also serves on NDSGA’s Industry Relations Committee and other statewide boards. Thank you, Scott! 🌱

Tritacle 2025

Corn has been through hell this year

@GregStemen Come on coach. It ain’t over till it’s over.

Credit to the Pacers, a truly deserving Finals participant. Earned all of it. OKC, just too talented. Well coached as well.

@vixfarms So why 30” wheat?

This might yield half but my 30" spring wheat looks very satisfying. Need to get some beans in here next time.

Reps. Fedorchak & Hageman introduced the Landowner Easement Rights Act to limit new federal conservation easements to 30 years & give landowners more control. 🌱 NDSGA Directors Scott German & Josh Stutrud were in D.C. as it was introduced. Learn more: bit.ly/NDSGAEasementR…

🚨 Big win for soybean farmers! @EPA’s new RVO proposal boosts biomass-based diesel from 3.35B gal in 2025 to 5.61B in 2026 — a 67% jump! 🌱🔥