Governor Mark Dayton is laying out his priorities for the 2018 Farm Bill.
State officials say Minnesota’s agriculture sector provides more than 340,000 jobs and creates $90 billion dollars in economic activity.
Governor Dayton says Minnesota would like to see a Farm Bill that focuses on fostering a robust farm and rural economy, maintaining a strong nutrition title, and improving conservation and water quality programs.
A few of the priorities include an animal disease program to avoid something similar to the Avian Flu outbreak in 2015 and a possible increase to rural broadband funding in Minnesota.
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