The ag finance bill in the Minnesota House Agriculture Committee stalled. Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen is concerned. As a result, there is no legislative vehicle to marry up with the Senate version.
“There’s not a lot of money in that bill, but there are some of the ideas to fund some of the wolf and elk damage that we need to catch up on; there are some tweaks to our Rural Finance Authority. There are important things that help the department and agriculture run better, but I’m not sure we’re going to get that done.” A division over the future use of Paraquat in Minnesota brought the ag finance bill down. “It is going to take all of our collective years of creativity to try to bring that back up.”
