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Minnesota Senators Push for USDA Reforms in Bird Flu Fight

Published Yesterday

U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith recently met with Minnesota poultry producers and industry leaders to discuss the response to avian influenza. "We're in a much better place than we were, you 10 years ago. But nonetheless, it is…

China’s Retaliatory Tariff Puts $5 Billion Canola Trade at Risk

Published Yesterday

A full-blown trade war is breaking out with nations starting to apply tariffs to imported goods from other nations including a 100% retaliatory tariff by China on Canadian canola. Canola Council of Canada President and CEO Chris Davison says this…

RFK Jr: Let Bird Flu Spread

Published Yesterday

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. is promoting a new theory to deal with avian influenza. According to a story in the New York Times, Kennedy is suggesting farmers allow Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza to spread throughout flock,…

Bid to Support U.S Shipbuilding Has Consequences for Agriculture

Published Yesterday

The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office has scheduled a hearing to consider an investigation into China’s control of the shipbuilding industry. At the same time, the White House is drafting an executive order that imposes fines of $1 million and more…

MFBF on the Hill

Published March 19, 2025

Over 170 Minnesota Farm Bureau members were at the State Capitol on National Agriculture Day to meet with lawmakers. MFBF President Dan Glessing said it is important the Minnesota Department of Agriculture Department is adequately funded. "In the State of Minnesota,…

Property Tax Exemption Sought for Buffers

Published March 19, 2025

The Minnesota House and Senate tax committees have reviewed a property tax exemption for the buffers required by the state. Minnesota Corn Growers Association First Vice President Wes Beck testified in favor of the bill. "Since the passage of the Buffer…

Uncharted Territory

Published March 19, 2025

The Minnesota House is tied 67-67. Representative Paul Anderson of Starbuck and Representative Rick Hansen of South St. Paul are co-chairing the House Agriculture Committee. The recent ag committee hearings have been very contentious, but Hansen remains optimistic. "I think we…

Rhoden Signs Six Ag Bills

Published March 19, 2025

South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden signed six agriculture bills Tuesday in conjunction with National Agriculture Day. The bills include a requirement for the director of equalization to adjust certain farmland values and one that updates the annual fee for large-scale…

Petersen Hopes Calmer Heads Prevail in Legislature

Published March 19, 2025

It has been a difficult legislative session in St. Paul with a power struggle between Democrats and Republicans, legal wrangling, and special elections. "I hope that calmer heads prevail eventually," said Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen. "I'm not gonna sugarcoat…

R-CALF Seeks America First Trade Policy for Lamb & Mutton

Published March 19, 2025

R-CALF USA is asking the Commerce Department to begin a Section 232 investigation into lamb and mutton imports. Imports now represent 70 percent of the U.S. lamb and mutton market. R-CALF said the import relief measures would revitalize the domestic…

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Policy Articles

Minnesota Senators Push for USDA Reforms in Bird Flu Fight

China’s Retaliatory Tariff Puts $5 Billion Canola Trade at Risk

RFK Jr: Let Bird Flu Spread

Bid to Support U.S Shipbuilding Has Consequences for Agriculture

MFBF on the Hill

Property Tax Exemption Sought for Buffers

Uncharted Territory

Rhoden Signs Six Ag Bills

Petersen Hopes Calmer Heads Prevail in Legislature

R-CALF Seeks America First Trade Policy for Lamb & Mutton

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