Posts by Janet Kubat
Minnesota Agriculture: July 2024
Vilsack announces updates to Packers & Stockyards Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced additional updates to the Packers and Stockyards Act (P&S Act) rules at an event with Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Jonathan…
Read MoreFSA seeking nominations for county committees
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2024 – Nominations are now being accepted for farmers and ranchers to serve on local U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees. These…
Read MoreMFU Foundation completes first MPILP loan
ST. PAUL – Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) Foundation completed its first Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program (MPILP) loan last month. The MPILP loan went to Morgan’s Meat Market of…
Read MoreMFU summer camps start next week
ST. PAUL – Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) staff are busy preparing for the 81st season of MFU summer youth leadership camps. Minnesota Farmers Union offers four camps over the summer:…
Read MoreMinnesota reports first case of HPAI in a dairy herd
Amid uptick in poultry detections, Minnesota reports first case of avian influenza in a dairy herd H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in a Benton County dairy…
Read MoreMinnesota Agriculture: June 2024
June cut-off dates for Dicamba use on soybeans
ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is reminding pesticide applicators of state-specific restrictions for the use of dicamba herbicide for the 2024 growing season. Engenia by BASF,…
Read MoreHarvesting Minnesota’s Wind Twice
Read MFU’s climate and working land director, Ariel Kagan’s, piece about green ammonia and cooperative ownership: https://issues.org/wind-ammonia-minnesota-kagan-reese/
Read MoreBWSR: Apply for Lawns to Legumes grant by Nov. 1
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) is accepting applications for spring 2025 Lawns to Legumes pollinator habitat grants. The Lawns to Legumes program…
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