Articles tagged under: Minnesota Department of Agriculture
MDA Takes Proactive Approach to Palmer amaranth Eradication
Published January 9, 2020
All of the Palmer amaranth finds from 2016 to 2018 have been monitored and there have been no other plants found at those sites. Assistant Agriculture Commissioner Whitney Place says two seed companies self-reported Palmer amaranth this past year and…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…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…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.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…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…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…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…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…