Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen surveyed flood-related damage in southwest Minnesota on Wednesday. That’s on top of Tuesday’s aerial tour of the Mankato area with Governor Tim Walz and Senator Amy Klobuchar. “Going from the Twin Cities to the Mankato, I didn’t see one good field anywhere.” Petersen said it is important for farmers to report their acres and provide damage reports to the county FSA office. That information will be used for a possible disaster declaration. Petersen said local infrastructure is also facing flood-related losses. “You hear about loads of gravel, the bridge infrastructure, the shoulders of the roads; these are all problems that counties and townships will need to fix. Townships sometimes get forgotten and I’m going to make sure that doesn’t happen.”
