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MFP Funding Tied to Stopgap Spending Measure

Published Today

Congress must pass a continuing resolution by October 1 to keep the government running. USDA’s Market Facilitation Program is part of that discussion. House Appropriations Committee Chair Nita Lowey may reject the Trump Administration’s request for $30 billion in Commodity…
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Walz to Highlight Biofuels Sector

Published Today

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz plans to sign an executive order today establishing the Governor’s Biofuels Council. The executive order will be signed early this afternoon on the Brian Thalmann farm at Plato. Thalmann is the current president of the Minnesota…
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Farmers Union Takes Its Message to Capitol Hill

Published Yesterday

Nearly 400 members of the National Farmers Union spent time on Capitol Hill this past week. North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne said the priority issues included trade, ethanol and concentration. In addition to the meetings with lawmakers, time…
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Prevent Plant Acreage Claims Still Coming Into RMA

Published September 14, 2019

Prevent plant acres remain a big unknown. Risk Management Agency Administrator Martin Barbre told the Red River Farm Network the USDA is looking at dollars, not acres at this time. "We're at more than $2.5 billion in paid claims for…
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Farm Groups Respond to WOTUS Repeal

Published September 13, 2019

The Environmental Protection Agency repealed the Waters of the United States rule this past week. North Dakota Grain Growers Association president Jeff Mertz says due diligence is needed moving forward. "I don't think the fight will ever be over," says…
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Renewable Fuel Negotiations Continue

Published September 13, 2019

Negotiations continue between President Trump, lawmakers and the biofuels industry. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he's been involved with the reallocation of waived ethanol. "I thought it would be done by now." Grassley says he is optimistic a compromise can…
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Dry Bean Scene

Published September 13, 2019

Farm organizations and members of Congress gathered in Washington D.C. on Thursday for a rally supporting ratification of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Get the details in the Dry Bean Scene, made possible by the Northarvest Bean Growers Association, UPL, FMC, Johnstown…
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Promoting USMCA

Published September 13, 2019

The Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation spent this past week on Capitol Hill. President Kevin Paap says the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is a priority. "Our message is that we want a vote as soon as possible. We need certainty in agriculture right…
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WOTUS Repealed

Published September 13, 2019

The controversial Waters of the United States is back in the news again. "EPA and the Army (Corps of Engineers) are officially repealing the 2015 definition," said EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler. Wheeler said a new definition will be created to provide…
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