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Place Moves From MN Ag Department to FSA

Published January 19, 2022

Whitney Place is on the job as the new state executive director of the Minnesota Farm Service Agency. Her first interview in this role was with the Red River Farm Network. In her new role, Place will be working closely…

Place Named MN FSA State Executive Director

Published January 14, 2022

Minnesota has new Farm Service Agency executive director. Whitney Place has been with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture since 2012 and most recently served as an assistant commissioner. With this news, Minnesota Ag Commissioner Thom Petersen announced two new appointments…

MN Ag Department Follows EPA’s Nationwide Dicamba Cutoff for 2021

Published December 8, 2020

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture will follow the EPA’s federal registration and label for dicamba herbicides in the 2021 growing season. This means an application cutoff date of June 30 or the R1 growth stage, whichever comes first. For the…

MN Operating Hemp Pilot Program in 2020

Published February 4, 2020

Minnesota is also going to continue their hemp pilot program in 2020. The state did not submit a hemp plan to the USDA. According to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, there were some components of the new hemp rule they…

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…

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 Plans for More Hemp Production

Published December 28, 2018

Industrial hemp production is legalized in the new farm bill. USDA will be in charge of regulating the crop. States that want industrial hemp grown under their jurisdiction can submit a plan to USDA. Minnesota Department of Agriculture Assistant Commissioner…

Dayton Administration Revises Nitrogen Rule Timeline

Published April 19, 2018

Legislative language that restricts the rule-making authority of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture is advancing in multiple bills. If passed, it would prohibit implementation of the nitrogen fertilizer rule without approval from the Legislature. Agriculture Department Director of Legislative Affairs…

Articles tagged under: Whitney Place

Place Moves From MN Ag Department to FSA

Place Named MN FSA State Executive Director

MN Ag Department Follows EPA’s Nationwide Dicamba Cutoff for 2021

MN Operating Hemp Pilot Program in 2020

MDA Takes Proactive Approach to Palmer amaranth Eradication

engAGe: Finding Your Dream Job

State Agriculture Department Working on Being “A Connector”

MN Plans for More Hemp Production

Dayton Administration Revises Nitrogen Rule Timeline

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