Posts by Janet Kubat
File to be a SWCD supervisor
Are you passionate about conservation? Are you engaged in your community and want to become more of a leader in your community? Minnesota’s natural resources play an important role in…
Read MoreRedwood Gazette: Aspiring meatpreneurs gather
Can ambitious rural Minnesotans bring in new people to revitalize the tradition of local butcher shops and meat processing lockers in Minnesota? Judging from the experience new local meat processors…
Read MoreLegislative Update: Supplemental budget bills advance
With the start of May, there are just over two weeks until the end of the legislative session. Supplemental budget bills continue to move forward despite contentious developments in the…
Read MoreHagstrom Report Alert: USDA to require dairy cattle testing
The Hagstrom Report Wednesday, April 24, 2024 | Alert | Volume 14 Number 82 USDA to require testing of dairy cattle before interstate movement due to bird flu Reacting to…
Read MoreLegislative Update: Ag budget proposals released
This week, Senate and House committees released their supplemental funding proposals for agriculture and other jurisdictions ahead of a final legislative deadline this Friday. MFU priorities—including addressing a shortfall in…
Read MoreBWSR awards federal funding for climate-smart programming
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) is awarding a total of $2.1 million in grant funding to local governments to support climate-smart agricultural…
Read MoreUSDA unveils online LIP decision tool
Source: USDA The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) today unveiled a new, online Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) Decision Tool and farm loan resources available to agricultural producers and cooperators who…
Read MoreMinnPost: Legislature weighs corporations’ role
Profiting or providing? Minnesota Legislature weighs corporations’ role in state’s economy by Peter Callaghan A recent exchange in a House committee hearing between DFL and Republican lawmakers over the role of…
Read More‘Meatpreneurs’ workshop planned for Saturday in Willmar
WILLMAR, Minn. – The Minnesota Farmers Union Bottleneck Project Team will host a ‘Meatpreneurs’ workshop on Saturday at Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, 713 12th Street S.W., Willmar, MN 56201. There…
Read MoreTim Velde receives National Farmers Union award
ST. PAUL – Yellow Medicine County farmer Tim Velde received the Bruce Miller Award at the 122nd anniversary convention of the National Farmers Union (NFU) held last month in Scottsdale,…
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