MFU In the News

Brownfield: Grain Indemnity Fund a focus in Minnesota House and Senate Ag Committees

Brownfield “The Minnesota Legislature is again considering an indemnity fund to protect farmers when grain elevators go bankrupt.” To read more and hear interviews, click the link below… Grain Indemnity…

Duluth New Tribune: In Response – All Minnesotans deserve dignity; restore freedom to drive

Duluth New Tribune “The News Tribune’s Jan. 24 editorial in opposition to driver’s licenses for all was ill-informed (Our View: “Reject misguided ‘driver’s licenses for all’ — again ”). We…

Hometownsource: Minnesota Farmers Union members gather for lobby day

Hometownsource “Nearly 60 Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) members traveled to St. Paul on Tuesday for MFU’s Lobby Day.” To read more, click the link below… Minnesota Farmers Union members gather…

Star Tribune: How some Minnesota farmers grow green produce in frozen winter months

Star Tribune “The closest a Minnesotan can get to an invincible summer might be found inside Pam Benike’s insulated hoop barn near Rochester.” To read more, click the link below……

Hometownsource: MFU member calls for MinnesotaCare public option

Hometownsource “Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) testified before the Minnesota House Commerce Committee in support of House File 96, Representative Jamie Long’s bill to expand MinnesotaCare with a public option.” To…

Farm & Ranch Guide: AIC to begin crushing soybeans this summer

Farm & Ranch Guide “The Ag Innovation Campus’ (AIC) crushing facility in Crookston, Minn., is nearly complete and plans to begin processing soybeans from northwestern Minnesota/northeastern North Dakota in late…

Pine Knot News: Fund will support 4-Hers

Pine Knot News “A new endowment fund for Carlton County 4-H will support the launch of new programs in science, agriculture and technology, as well as trips to the Minnesota…

Red River Farm Network: MFU Minute

Red River Farm Network In this week’s Minnesota Farmers Union Minute, Antimonopoly Director Justin Stofferahn discusses bills in the legislature dealing with monopolies. To listen, click link below… MFU Minute |…

Red Lake Nation News: Extreme weather concerns bring together partners

Red Lake Nation News “Minnesota’s farmers, producers, local community organizations, watershed staff, and others working to improve water quality are encouraged to attend the fourth annual Ag-Urban Partnership Forum on…

MNR: House lawmakers advance a bill creating a MinnesotaCare public option for all state residents

Minnesota Reformer “Minnesota House lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a bill (HF96) to expand the state’s public health insurance program called MinnesotaCare, allowing all Minnesotans to buy in to the program.”…