The Minnesota House has passed the agriculture budget bill. “We all share a common goal to have clean water, good food and a strong agricultural economy and these things make up the building blocks of Minnesota and why people continue to thrive in our state,” said House Agriculture Committee Chair Samantha Vang. “We all have a duty to be good land stewards, to thrive and raise healthy communities, and be resilient on emerging issues we’ve heard this year like avian influenza and nitrate contamination.” This bill includes a significant investment to address groundwater contamination in southeastern Minnesota. There’s also money for the AGRI program that pays for everything from farm-to-school nutrition programs and pollinator research.
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