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Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen, along with National Farmers Vice-President Bruce Shultz will speak at the gathering.

WASHINGTON — Family Farm Action Alliance applauded the introduction of the Protecting America’s Meatpacking Workers Act of 2021 (PAMWA) by Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. The filing of this…

This week on AgweekTV, the biofuels industry could receive a huge infrastructure boost if the budget reconciliation bill passes in Congress. We'll tell you about a research project that shows promise to reduce sunflower head rot the natural way, using bees. The sugarbeet harvest is wrapping up in the region. And the perfect supply chain storm tightens global fertilizer supplies and sends prices skyrocketing.

Several bipartisan bills focusing on food security and food safety, including one on Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling, are moving through both chambers of Congress right now.

Consumers are finally realizing that food doesn’t come from grocery stores, but family farms. The shortages that have occurred during COVID have shined a brighter light on agriculture and the need to create a marketplace where producers can be profitable.