Federal money provided a lifeline for farmers facing a trifecta of challenges, but what does the future hold?
The Market Facilitation Programs, Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program-Plus and the Coronavirus Food Assistance Programs helped save farms. But most people in agriculture acknowledge that public and Congressional support for such programs is waning. 5:31 am, Dec. 21, 2020 ×
Frerichs Farms was in the last stages of fall fieldwork, just east of the ridge along Interstate Highway 29, near Wilmot, S.D., on Nov. 14, 2020. Jason Frerichs said farmers are hoping the upcoming 2021 crop offers some marketing profit, rather than depending on ad hoc government payments. Mikkel Pates / Agweek
Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op looks ahead at better payments
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative is having a good processing year compared to 2019’s disaster. The co-op has faced some political problems, however, as the payment is projected at $30 per ton, which is far less (even though the math is different) than the initial $52 gross per ton projection at American Crystal Sugar Co. in Moorhead. 2:23 pm, Dec. 15, 2020 ×
Pat Freese, Kent, Minn., chairman of the board of Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative, held its 48th annual meeting partly in person, partly streamed on line, Dec. 10, 2020, from Wahpeton. Freese, pictured at last year s meeting, said the co-op said the co-op is poised to turn upward after three tough payment years. File photo taken Dec. 12, 2019, Fargo, N.D. Mikkel Pates / Agweek