Minnesota Farm Bureau President Dan Glessing is calling for swift passage of a modernized farm bill, arguing that outdated safety net programs leave farmers vulnerable to economic stress. “If we would have passed the farm bill with updated numbers to reflect the inflationary or the input pricing increases that we’ve seen in farming, would we have needed that economic assistance? I would tend to think not.” Glessing also raised concerns over trade instability, citing worries related to USMCA renegotiations and tariff uncertainty. “A good fair trade deal is kind of the goal of it, but it’s going to cost us, because we put a lot of inputs into our farms and ranches.”
