April 6th, 2023 Last week the Chairs of the House and Senate Ag Committees released their omnibus finance bills and as it turns out, they both vary greatly in terms […]
March 25th, 2023 In our last update, we shared that our bill had a hearing coming up in the Minnesota House Agriculture Committee. Thanks to our partners and some outreach, […]
If you’ve followed our work for a while, you’ve probably heard about our Local Emergency Assistance Farmer Fund, also known as LEAFF. The program began in 2020 as a way […]
Earlier this month, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the appointment of 25 industry representatives to serve on the USDA’s Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory [...]
Minnesota’s legislative session came to a close on Monday, May 23rd, and while time ran out to negotiate many deals, the House and Senate did pass a bill that combined […]
When we last checked in about LEAFF funding in the Governor’s Supplemental Agriculture Budget, there was an allocation of $1.5M to fund the program for this and the next biennium. […]
This was an exciting week in the Minnesota legislature, as both the House and Senate Agriculture Committees ran through Governor Tim Walz’s Proposed Supplemental Ag Budget Bill, HF4366 in [...]
Minnesota lawmakers kicked off the 2022 legislative session on January 31st with a historic budget surplus of over $7 billion dollars. Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy [...]