Applications for the Minnesota Agricultural Drought Relief program closed last week. Nearly 3,000 farmers and ranchers applied. “The average request is around $6,500,” said Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen. “We’re going through an approval request right now, but we’re hoping by the end of the month, there’ll be payments going out the door.” There was more demand for relief from the livestock sector. “I’d say about 70 percent applied under livestock and 30 percent under specialty crop.”
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