Posts by Janet Kubat
MFU outlines policy priorities for 2024 session
ST. PAUL – Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) anticipates another busy legislative session in 2024. The session convenes Feb. 12 in what is typically considered a bonding year, with the two-year…
Read MoreStar Tribune: DFL leaders want new option for healthcare
A public option that competes with Minnesota’s private health insurers could entice more than 100,000 people at a cost up to $364 million per year to state taxpayers. Those estimates…
Read MoreApply to MFU Foundation for Co-ops for Climate grants
ST. PAUL – The application period is now open for the Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) Foundation Cooperatives for Climate grant program. The pilot grant program aims to support cooperatives that…
Read MoreMFU Foundation offers loans to help small meat processors
ST. PAUL – Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) Foundation is now accepting loan applications from meat processors. The Foundation has a total of $900,000 in revolving loan funds to distribute to…
Read MoreAM950: Justin Stofferahn talks about antimonopoly movement
MFU Antimonopoly Director Justin Stofferahn talks monopolies with Matt McNeil on AM950. Stofferahn recently wrote an article published in the Minnesota Reformer.
Read MoreStar Tribune: New California law took effect Jan. 1 regarding pork production
Todd Marotz oversees thousands of pigs at several farms in south-central Minnesota, but he guesses only 20 percent of those barns are compliant to send hogs to California. A new Golden…
Read MoreRRFN: Gary Wertish outlines 2024 legislative priorities
In this week’s MFU Minute from the Red River Farm Network, Minnesota Farmers Union President Gary Wertish outlines the organization’s policy priorities for the coming year.
Read MoreStar Tribune: Camelina is a new winter oilseed
The need to adapt to circumstances is a western Minnesota grain farmer’s forte, especially lately as environmental dollars are thrown at the owners of cropland. Anne and Peter Schwagerl are…
Read MoreAgNews890: Checking in with Dave Endicott
Checking in with MFU Special Projects Coordinator Dave Endicott at Prairie Grains Council in Grand Forks. Meat processing, health care and dairy farming are among the issues discussed on this…
Read MoreRRFN: Stu Lourey previews legislative session
The next Minnesota legislative session is set to begin February 12th. MFU Government Relations Director Stu Lourey highlights what the organization is looking forward to in the latest MFU Minute from…
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