FarmFest begins on Tuesday with focus on trade, farm bill, boidiesel and political landscape

By |2018-08-06T17:25:18-05:00August 6th, 2018|

FarmFest near Redwood Falls is underway through Thursday with plenty of events focused around Minnesota's political landscape, along with discussions on water quality, trade and biodiesel. Farm Management Analyst Kent Thiesse says the political candidate forums will feature numerous topics for those running in the November election. "Ag trade and the farm bill will be the highlight topics of discussion. Then obviously things like rural healthcare, workforce immigration issues and all of those kind of issues will be part of it too. But those other two issues right now are in the forefront. Especially the congressional ones, when we get to the [...]

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House passes bill prohibiting new nitrogen rules, Dayton promises veto

By |2018-04-17T11:58:42-05:00April 17th, 2018|

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture would not have the final say on adopting rules regulating nitrogen fertilizer application under provisions of a bill passed in the House on Monday. Earlier this year Ag Commissioner Dave Fredrickson proposed plans to require farmers to apply nitrate fertilizer in the spring in the hopes to prevent runoff if it was applied in the fall. Passing on a vote of 69-56, Representative Clark Johnson (D-North Mankato) says the bill makes the issue political. "Minnesotan's want clean drinking water. We all have to have clean drinking water. It's a fundamental mistake to make that a partisan, [...]

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