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CITY, N.D. (AP) – The founder and CEO of the nonprofit Farm Rescue program is being inducted into the North Dakota Agriculture Hall of Fame.

Bill Gross will be inducted on March 9 during the 76th annual North Dakota Winter Show in Valley City, along with retired Mandan ranchers Dick and Theresa Tokach.

Gross started the Jamestown based “Farm Rescue” in North Dakota in 2006 to help farmers in need of plant and harvest their crops centered on for those who were injury, ill or suffered a natural disaster. It has since expanded to South Dakota, Montana, Minnesota and Iowa, and helped its 200th farmer last year.

The Tokaches have served with several state and national groups and received numerous awards and honors for their work in the cattle industry. The Tokach ranch is near St. Anthony, North Dakota just south of Mandan.