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Minnesota drought spurs a push for financial help from state Legislature
Legislative leaders and the governor after talks with Minnesota farmers said they d be open to a September special session on the relief package. 3:32 pm, Aug. 4, 2021 ×
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, left, spoke to attendees at Farmfest on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Morgan, Minnesota. (Dana Ferguson / Forum News Service)
MORGAN, Minn. Minnesota legislative leaders on Wednesday, Aug. 4, said they d push to take up a package of drought relief measures for farmers when they return for a special legislative session next month.
During a visit to Farmfest, Gov. Tim Walz and House Speaker Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, said they d work to compile a bipartisan package of financial relief proposals and relaxed regulations in September when legislators return to decide how the state should spend $250 million for frontline workers. And after a visit to the farm show a day earlier Senate Majo
Walz, top lawmakers to push emergency financial aid for drought-plagued farmers
Walz, top lawmakers to push emergency financial aid for drought-plagued farmers
Gov. Tim Walz and a top lawmakers say they will support an emergency financial relief package for Minnesota farmers during a September special session.
MORGAN, Minn. (FOX 9) - Gov. Tim Walz and a top lawmakers say they will support an emergency financial relief package for Minnesota farmers during a September special session.
The politicians spoke at FarmFest, the state s biggest farm show in Redwood County, where they got an earful from farmers whose crops are withering and ranchers whose feed supplies are running low. As of last week, 75 percent of Minnesota is in a severe or extreme drought.
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