Drainage,
flooding, retention, and water quality are huge issues for NW Minnesota farmers.
As a result, your state and local agricultural organizations are getting
together to host three water retention meetings in the area. These meetings are
meant to help get farmers engaged in conversations regarding water retention in
their local watershed districts as well as help develop projects that will
benefit the Red River Basin.
These organizations
need involvement of area farmers and landowners as the 2014 Farm Bill has
designated funding for water retention and wildlife enhancement projects in the
Red River Valley (RRV). With the potential for a large amount of monetary
resources heading this way, now is the opportunity to give farmers a chance to
learn more and ask questions about water retention on ag land and its role in
reducing flooding impacts in RRV.
RRV Meeting Locations
Jim Kukowski Farm - Strathcona, MN / Wednesday, July 16, 2014 / 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Skaurud Grain Farms - Gary, MN / Thursday, July 17, 2014 / 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Jerry Nordick Farm - Rothsay, MN / Friday, July 18, 2014 / 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Jim Kukowski Farm - Strathcona, MN / Wednesday, July 16, 2014 / 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Skaurud Grain Farms - Gary, MN / Thursday, July 17, 2014 / 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Jerry Nordick Farm - Rothsay, MN / Friday, July 18, 2014 / 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Attending these
meetings will be John Finney, President, Red River Watershed Management Board;
Don Baloun, State Conservationist, MN NRCS; Representative Collin Peterson
(in-person or via conference call), Local Watershed District Administrators and
other experts will also be on hand. To find out which local watershed districts
will be represented at each of the locations, go to the website below.
These sessions are
free and no pre-registration is necessary. Speaker information and specific
directions to each location are at the Minnesota Wheat Grower’s website, www.smallgrains.org.
The meetings are
organized & sponsored by: MN Farm Bureau Federation & NW MN County Farm
Bureaus, MN Association of Wheat Growers, MN Agricultural Water Resource
Center, RRV Sugar Beet Growers Association, MN Corn Growers Association, MN
Soybean Growers Association, & the MN Soybean
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