MFU In the News
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…
MFU Antimonopoly Director Justin Stofferahn talks monopolies with Matt McNeil on AM950. Stofferahn recently wrote an article published in the Minnesota Reformer.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
ST. MARTIN, Minn. — Like many dairy farmers, Mike Orbeck does what he can to help his fellow farming community. Also like most dairy farmers, he never expected to be recognized…
Our View: Farm Programs: Crop insurance has room for budget trim Mankato Free Press editorial The U.S. Government Accountability Office and conservative think tanks agree on one point when it…
Congressional watchdog: Stop paying big farmers’ crop insurance New report spells out how Congress could drop subsidies for top producers and save millions in taxpayer dollars DECEMBER 7, 2023 —…