MFU In the News

MFU Membership coordinator Elizabeth Hines and Extension’s Matti Boomgaarden talk with KNUJ’s Jim Bartels about upcoming Farm Transition and Estate Planning Workshop. The event begins with registration at 9:30 a.m.…

The New Ulm Farm-City Hub Club organizes Family Night on the Farm in Brown County. The event will be 4 to 8 p.m. July 23. Brown County Farmers Union will…

David Velde, a long-time Farmers Union leader, general counsel and resident of Alexandria, Minnesota, died June 26 after a short battle with an acute illness. Velde had a hand in…

In the MFU Minute, Minnesota Farmers Union President Gary Wertish remembers the late David Velde. Hear those thoughts in this update. 

MFU’s Gail Donkers talks with KNUJ’s Jim Bartels about county conventions. County conventions are an annual business meeting for MFU’s county organizations. This is where MFU’s grassroots policy process begins.…

MFU Vice President Anne Schwagerl interviewed on Fox9 about the proposed Riverview West River Dairy expansion. See more here: https://www.fox9.com/news/west-river-dairy-expansion-doubling-size-without-state-environmental-impact-statement-june-24-2026

In this episode of Brownfield’s Next Gen Podcast, Minnesota Farmers Union Vice President Anne Schwagerl shares her experience navigating childcare, healthcare access, and raising two children while farming full-time. VP…

FERGUS FALLS — Representatives from Minnesota Farmers Union met with area farmers and electoral candidates at the Fergus Falls Public Library on June 23, recapping what did and did not…

By Tom Cherveny and Susan Lunneborg The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will not require an environmental impact statement for a large expansion planned by Riverview LLP for its West River Dairy near Morris. The MPCA determined that the environmental…