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Walz Addresses Clean Cars Effort

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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz made a stop at Farmfest to discuss the drought and other agricultural issues. The recent implementation of the Clean Cars initiative may have caused heartburn in agricultural circles, but, Walz did not shy away from that…

Beef Checkoff Petitioners Gets Another Two Months to Collect Signatures

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is giving the organizers of a national beef checkoff petition drive another 60 days to collect enough signatures to bring the promotion and research program up for a vote. R-CALF USA is behind this effort and…

Ag Approps Bill Includes Funding for Regional Priorities

Published Today

The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the ag spending bill for the 2022 fiscal year. This bill maintains support for crop insurance and adds more than $7 billion in disaster assistance. There’s a significant increase in research funding, including specialized…

4-H and FFA Members to Design New Ag License Plate

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During Farmfest, a contest was announced for 4-H and FFA members to help design a new specialized agricultural license plate. Minnesota FFA Foundation Executive Director Val Aarsvold says this new license plate was approved in the most recent legislative session.…

Until There is Trust, More Oversight Needed for Beef Supply Chain

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In the words of National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President-elect Don Schiefelbein, there are more cattle to be harvested than hooks to harvest them. With that imbalance, packers ration supply with lower prices at the cow-calf/feeder level. At the same time,…

Farmers Need ‘Skin in the Game’

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During a Farmfest forum, agriculture leaders offered their perspective on the next farm bill. For longtime House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, the WHIP+ disaster program needs to be addressed. "I'm afraid it is going to come back to haunt…

Lawmakers Offer Bipartisan Tone

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The 50-50 split in the Senate and tight margins in the House underscores the party-line politics in Washington, D.C. Minnesota Representative Michelle Fischbach says there is a rural-urban divide, but bipartisanship can happen on Capitol Hill. "I think sometimes when…

A Sustainable Future

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Sustainability and climate issues are a focus of the Biden administration. However, former USDA Undersecretary Bill Northey says the issue of sustainability is bigger than that. "It is something the business community and the international community cares about so I…

Biofuels Offer Opportunity

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During a Farmfest forum, American Soybean Association Chairman Bill Gordon highlighted the role ethanol, biodiesel and renewable diesel has on the marketplace. "To me, biofuels is one of the greatest opportunities we have right now to bridge the gap for…

ASF Cases Quickly Multiply Across the DR

Published Yesterday

African Swine Fever has now spread to 11 provinces in the Dominican Republic. Minnesota Pork Producers Association CEO Dave Priesler said the DR and other Caribbean countries has had Classical Swine Fever for years, so the ASF confirmation was not…

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Latest News Articles

Walz Addresses Clean Cars Effort

Beef Checkoff Petitioners Gets Another Two Months to Collect Signatures

Ag Approps Bill Includes Funding for Regional Priorities

4-H and FFA Members to Design New Ag License Plate

Until There is Trust, More Oversight Needed for Beef Supply Chain

Farmers Need ‘Skin in the Game’

Lawmakers Offer Bipartisan Tone

A Sustainable Future

Biofuels Offer Opportunity

ASF Cases Quickly Multiply Across the DR

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