Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen told an audience in Willmar that agriculture continues to benefit from bipartisan support in Legislature.
The bacterial insecticide 鈥� nontoxic to people, animals and bees 鈥� can only be applied during a short period in the spring, at a certain moment in an insect's lifespan. The money didn't come in time.
A total of 28 grants supporting programs in the state have been delayed, frozen or seemingly made unavailable, according to the Minnesota Management and Budget agency
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz led the trade mission to the United Kingdom and Finland Nov. 13-19. Accompanying Walz on his trip was a farmer from Crookston, Minnesota: Tim Dufault, a board member of the Minnesota Wheat Research and Promotional Council.
After two failed farmland purchase agreements, Naima Dhore recently signed a lease to begin farming land in Alexandria, Minnesota, which she'll transition her small-scale organic operation to in February.
Gov. Tim Walz, who is leading the group of more than 50 state officials and business leaders, said their early interactions with foreign leaders had been 'incredibly positive.'
Representatives from various aspects of aquaculture spoke on Tuesday, Oct. 12, before the Minnesota Legislature鈥檚 House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee in favor of a bill that would provide $100,000 to the to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture create a comprehensive plan for the industry.
Lawmakers are working on a plan to aid livestock producers and specialty crop farmers hit hardest by historically dry conditions this year. They could return to St. Paul later this year to approve it.
The proposed package includes $5 million in rapid response grants to provide drought relief for livestock producers and specialty crop producers, and $5 million for the Rural Finance Authority鈥檚 Disaster Recovery Loan Program.
BIPOC farmers in the state are in plain sight but still being overlooked, according to the director of the state's emerging farmers movement and an Indigenous producer.
