Location Change for Crookston Town Hall Listening Session

St. Paul, MN - The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) has been hosting a series of listening sessions around the state in conjunction with the Governor Mark Dayton’s 25BY25 water quality town hall meetings. The MDA meetings focus on a range of agricultural issues. Farmers, members of ag organizations, ag industry representatives, and the public are invited to attend.

There has been a change in location for the meeting in Crookston, MN, on Tuesday, September 5:

Date: Tuesday, September 5, Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. at the Northwest Research and Outreach Center, University of Minnesota, Crookston, MN, Youngquist Auditorium

Additional MDA Town Hall Listening Sessions are scheduled as follows:

Date: Wednesday, September 6 Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. at St. Cloud Technical and Community College, St. Cloud, MN Northway Building, Room 1-155

Date: Wednesday, September 13 Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. at Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN

Hobson Memorial Union, Crying Wolf Room

For more information on the separate 25BY25 meetings hosted by Governor Dayton, visit www.eqb.state.mn.us/Townhalls.

Senator Klobuchar’s Office to Host Public Forums as Part of Farm Bill Tour

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – On Monday, January 23, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar’s office will kick off her Farm Bill Tour. Klobuchar’s staff will join with Minnesota agriculture leaders – including Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Dave Frederickson – to gather input from Minnesotans on ways to strengthen the 2018 Farm Bill. Over the two-day tour, Klobuchar’s office will host forums open to the public in six counties across Minnesota.

As a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and a 2014 Farm Bill Conference Committee member, Klobuchar helped craft the current Farm Bill, which was designed to reduce the deficit, strengthen the crop insurance program, eliminate direct payments, boost conservation, maintain the sugar program, and keep nutrition programs strong for Minnesota families. She successfully pushed for several key provisions to support rural development projects, conservation programs, agricultural research, and the Rural Energy for America (REAP) program. Klobuchar’s measure to help beginning farmers and ranchers access crop insurance by reducing the cost of insurance by 10 percent for these producers in their first five years was also included in the final bill.  

The Farm Bill was last reauthorized in 2014 and will require Congressional reauthorization in 2018.

Monday, January 23

8:30 a.m. 
Steele County Administration Building

630 Florence Avenue

Owatonna, MN 55060

12:00 p.m.

New Ulm City Hall

100 North Broadway Street

New Ulm, MN 56073

3:30 p.m.
Marshall Public Library

201 C Street

Marshall, MN 56258

Tuesday, January 24

8:30 a.m.

Kandiyohi County Health and Human Services Building, Community Room

2200 23rd Street NE

Willmar, MN 56201

11:30 a.m.

Morris

USDA Agriculture Research Service North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory

803 Iowa Ave

Morris, MN 56267

3:30 p.m.

Minnesota State Community and Technical College

Oscar Bergos Center

1900 28th Ave S

Moorhead, MN 56560