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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, April 19, 2024
Outreach, education and providing clean water to vulnerable populations are at the core of a Minnesota work plan to address elevated nitrate levels in the southeastern part of the state, with a look at agricultural practices part of a longer-term response.
President Joe Biden, standing in a Minnesota farmer's shed, took shots at agriculture industry consolidation and touted his administration's delivery of $5 billion in conservation and infrastructure spending as he kicked off of a two-week White House "barnstorm" of rural America.
Flooding conditions along the Mississippi River, brought on by the warming of massive quantities of snow to hit the Midwest over the winter, are expected to cause issues for inland waterway transportation into next week.
Rep. Brad Finstad, who is leading the House Agriculture subcommittee responsible for overseeing the farm bill's nutrition assistance programs, says lawmakers must ensure they offer "people a hand up, not just a handout."
Farmland values are maintaining their strength, and loan volumes are declining, but economic growth in rural parts of the Midwest and northern Plains remains slow, according to Creighton University's Rural Mainstreet Index.
A Senate Agriculture Committee member says the Department of Agriculture is “seriously evaluating” a letter sent by members of Congress from the upper Midwest that would support farmers struggling with late planting.
Farmers in Iowa Minnesota will have less time to spray Xtendimax, Tavium and Engenia this growing season under label amendments approved by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Former House Ag Committee Chair Collin Peterson has joined forces with Combest Sell & Associates, a lobbying firm with food and agriculture clients including several from Peterson’s native Minnesota.
