Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen was in Washington, D.C. early this past week for the National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation and offered his perspective on the farm bill and disaster relief. “We’re going to get the (farm bill) extension, but there are a lot of unknowns. There’s also a lot of talk about the piece that (President Joe) Biden put out and there are some dollars for our Midwest producers who had flooding and different issues there. We may be looking at a WHIP-type program like we had in 2019 and we’ll see how that goes.” Petersen also wished Agriculture Secretary nominee Brooke Rollins well, saying he wants her to be successful so farmers can be successful.
