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Ensuring Safe Water Quality After the Fires

Published October 16, 2024

Water quality can be an issue after wildfires such as those in western North Dakota. “When something burns it releases different chemical components,” said Miranda Meehan, livestock environmental stewardship specialist and disaster education coordinator, North Dakota State University. Using water…

A Big Week in the MN Legislature

Published April 15, 2024

The omnibus finance and appropriation bills face a Friday deadline. One of the big issues facing agriculture during this session is water quality. Cory Bennett, who lobbies on behalf of a handful of farm groups, said these proposals are focused…

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Water Quality Seen as a Legislative Priority

Published April 2, 2024

Minnesota Senate Ag Committee Chair Aric Putnam is seeing concern from farmers about soil quality and water quality across the state. "That's the whole state, not just the Karst region," said Putnam. "I know we've been talking a lot about…

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Delegates Set Policy Priorities at MFBF Meeting

Published November 23, 2019

Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation delegates moved through resolutions quickly on Friday. In state policy, the tax status of buffers and water quality regulations continue to be top-of-mind. "Every time we have to work with agencies or regulatory things, we end…

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Water Quality Highlighted During MN Watershed Districts Tour

Published June 30, 2019

The Minnesota Association of Watershed Districts Summer Tour made a stop at the Nordick Farm near Rothsay on Thursday. Gene Tiedemann with the Red Lake Watershed District says the projects on display highlight water quality. "They are meandering a stream…

Water Quality a Focus in Upcoming Watershed Management Board Tour

Published June 21, 2019

The Red River Watershed Management Board’s Summer Tour will be held in Moorhead, Minnesota on June 27. Executive Director Robert Sip says the event will feature a look at on-farm water projects in the Red River Basin. "The tour is…

Severe Drought Expands into North Central ND

Published May 17, 2018

The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map shows an expansion of the severe drought category in north central North Dakota. Remaining parts of the western Dakotas remain moderately dry. As preparations are made to turn livestock out to pasture, NDSU Extension…

Ag Groups Seek Support for Buffer Tax Credit

Published May 10, 2018

Fifteen Minnesota agriculture organizations have sent a joint letter to Governor Mark Dayton, seeking his support for a tax credit for land taken out of production for the state buffer law. Minnesota Corn Growers Association President Kirby Hettver says it…

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Ensuring Safe Water Quality After the Fires

A Big Week in the MN Legislature

Water Quality Seen as a Legislative Priority

Delegates Set Policy Priorities at MFBF Meeting

Water Quality Highlighted During MN Watershed Districts Tour

Water Quality a Focus in Upcoming Watershed Management Board Tour

Severe Drought Expands into North Central ND

Ag Groups Seek Support for Buffer Tax Credit

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