In this episode, host Emmery Mehlhoff visits with Senator Janne Myrdal, who farms with her husband and children in Edinburg, North Dakota. She did not always call Pembina County her home, however. Senator Myrdal is originally from Norway and moved to North Dakota after she married a farm boy she met on a mission trip. Since then, North Dakota has been her home. 

Senator Janne Myrdal talks about her long-time potato storage taxation fight, her work for equitable ag land assessment across counties, the start of the rural caucus, the importance of political integrity, and how Lutefisk is not truly Norwegian but is an American-Norwegian concoction. 

Legislation addressed in this episode:

SB 2367 - Assessment of Agricultural Property https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo2367.html

SB 2039 - “Potato Warehouse Bill” Definition of agricultural property and the farm structure and improvements property tax exemption

https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-index/bi2039.html?bill_year=2025&bill_number=2039

HB 1176 - Property Tax Reform 

https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1176.html?bill_year=2025&bill_number=1176

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