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Articles tagged under: Minnesota Department of Agriculture

Enrollment Reopens for MN DAIRI Program

Published December 17, 2019

Enrollment for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Dairy Assistance, Investment and Relief Initiative (DAIRI) program will reopen through the end of 2019. To qualify, farmers must have produced less than 160,000 hundredweight of milk in 2018. Farmers will be paid…
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MDA Announces Dicamba Cutoff Date

Published November 26, 2019

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has announced a June 20th cutoff date for the use of dicamba next year. That’s the same timeline that was in place this past year. The Agriculture Department had over 250 reports of alleged off-target…
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MN Corn Matters

Published October 17, 2019

Farmers need to be on the lookout for Palmer amaranth ahead of the combines this fall. Hear from Minnesota Department of Agriculture section manager Denise Thiede in this edition of Corn Matters, made possibly by the Minnesota Corn Growers Association.
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TransFARMation: Ag Commissioner Responds to Tough Farm Economy

Published September 30, 2019

Farmers and ranchers are enduring a difficult economy. Minnesota Department of Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen sees signs of farm stress every day.  "Farmers are in the fifth year of a downturn economy and it's eating into their equity. There are…
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MDA Working with Epitome Energy in the Permitting Process

Published September 6, 2019

During the 2019 Minnesota legislative session, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture secured $5 million in funding to help with Epitome Energy's Soy Innovation Campus permitting process. While Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen acknowledges the permitting process can take a while, the…
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engAGe: Finding Your Dream Job

Published August 12, 2019

Minnesota Agriculture Department Assistant Commissioner Whitney Place shares her experience working in farm policy and managing others in this week’s engAGe episode. Presented by AgCountry Farm Credit Services, the North Dakota Grain Growers Association and Corteva Agrisciences, engAGe is a…
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State Agriculture Department Working on Being “A Connector”

Published July 16, 2019

The economic challenges in farm country right now not only include trade tensions and commodity prices, but also relate to farm stress.  In a tough economy, Minnesota Department of Agriculture Assistant Commissioner Whitney Place says the state’s role is to…
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MN Ag Commissioner Sees the Ag Economy as a Top State Issue

Published July 16, 2019

Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen, along with Assistant Commissioners Whitney Place and Patrice Bailey, made several stops in the region on Monday. The day began with a stop at the Red River Farm Network studios. Petersen says one goal of…
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From Harlem, NY to the MDA

Published July 16, 2019

The newest member of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture executive team is Assistant Commissioner Patrice Bailey, who oversees several departments, including outreach, ag marketing and development, dairy and meat inspection and food safety. "We have value-added and livestock grants available.…
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MDA Issues Advisory

Published June 13, 2019

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has issued an advisory to farmers who have done business with the Buckwheat Growers Association of Wadena. This group is also known as Union Creek Organic and Union Creek Feed and Seed. Anyone who has…
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