The Minnesota Congressional Delegation sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Thursday in an effort to get a Secretarial Disaster Declaration for Minnesota farmers. In the letter, the delegation offers support for Governor Tim Walz’s request and note the above average rainfall for the state. Lawmakers also say the Red River reached levels normally seen during the spring thaw. As a result, the harvest has slowed or stopped altogether. Read the letter.
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