Minnesota Senator Tina Smith has introduced a bipartisan bill titled Agriculture Skills Preparation for Industry Recruitment Efforts Act. This proposal would address workforce shortages in the ag industry. “It creates a way to do work-based apprenticeships and hands-on training from working with other farmers, training in dairy management, or meat processing.” The ASPIRE Act would allow more people to enter into the agricultural industry and address other challenges like access to capital, rising farmland prices and operating loans.
