Barnes County Soil Conservation District

06/05/2026

06/04/2026

We're Going Digital by 2027! Sign up with this link to get text alerts for our Surplus Tree Sale: https://stforms.co/0c629c076f4e47c2465972c4332cb1fa

When: June 12, 2026 from 8:00-4:00
Where: Tree Shed at 906 16th Ave SW, Valley City, ND
Call Jessica at 701-845-3114, ext. 3 with any questions.

06/04/2026

Our {VERY} popular Junior Crop Scout Schools are back 😉

Junior Crop Scout School is designed to build foundational skills in crop science, agronomy and agriculture-related careers.

Participants will engage with real-world topics including crop growth stages, w**d identification, crop stand evaluation, soil basics, insects, agronomic careers and more.

Each school will begin with registration at 8:45 a.m. and run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost is $10 per participant and includes lunch and a crop scouting kit.

Carrington - June 25
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Portland - July 2
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Hampden - August 3
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06/01/2026

Our Tree Surplus Sale will be held on June 12th from 8:00am-4:00pm. Sign up for text alerts here:

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05/26/2026

You planted a tree! Now what?

Water your newly planted trees!

05/26/2026

Madelyn is pictured here with her laurel willow tree that she received in 2025 for Arbor Day! Way to grow!!

Updated to add a picture of Madelyn with the tree she received last year at Valley City Christian School.

05/26/2026

The BCSCD Board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 26th at 7:00am has been postponed. We will post with an updated date and time this week once we have finalized a date/ time. Thank you!

05/20/2026

We're going digital! Sign up with the QR codes below to get text alerts about our Surplus Sale and/ or our Quarterly Newsletters!

05/15/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to Bees and Brews tonight! 🐝🍻

I’d like to take a moment to thank everyone that made this event possible!

First of all, thank you to Brockopp Brewing for hosting us this evening! 🍺

Thank you to Elisha Mueller with North Dakota Game and Fish Department for the wonderful presentation about pollinators. We learned so much valuable information!

Thank you to Zac Browning from Browning's Honey Co, Inc for sharing about your bees and honey business with everyone tonight. 🍯🐝

We’re also incredibly thankful to all of the local businesses that donated items for our raffle baskets - Handy Home & Hardware, Smith Lumber Supply, Stoudt-Miller Inc., Thunderbird Ranch Gourmet Foods & Dakota Seasonings, Petro Serve USA for the beautiful flower centerpieces, and Agassiz Seed & Supply for the Wildflower seeds for our seed bomb craft!

The food was amazing tonight! Thank you to Julie at Jimmy's Pizza for the delicious pizzas that you delivered hot and fresh tonight! 🍕 Ranch Gourmet Foods & Dakota Seasonings, thank you for the dips for our crackers and veggies!
Wild Prairie Bakery, I heard that the cookies were delicious… they sure were adorable!

I’d also like to give a special shoutout to Regina Olson from Stutsman County SCD & 319 for helping with this event and for letting me borrow the idea. 😉 Thank you to Denise Neumann with Nelson County Soil Conservation District for all of your help tonight, as well! 💚

This event was such a success because of all of you and the support of our community.

We can’t wait for the next event! ✨