Farm Mediation Cases Up Over Last Year

During the summer, the number of mediation cases in Minnesota was four or five times higher than one year earlier. Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen says mediation notices are twice as high as they were in 2024. “Which is still twice as much, but it wasn’t four times as much, so I’m hoping it’s quieting down a little bit,” said Petersen. “For a lot of farmers, it’s difficult right now, to put pen to paper as they’re meeting with those bankers. I think people can go through another year for some of those folks, but we just can’t have this go on too much longer.”