AgriNews highlights ways in which Governor Walz’s budget supports rural Minnesota…

Gov. Tim Walz’s two-year, $49.5 billion budget has several provisions for farmers and rural Minnesota.

Including broadband…

Another proposal in his budget intended to touch every corner of the state is a $70 million statewide broadband initiative to give all Minnesota homes and farms high-speed internet access by 2022. Walz compared the effort to electrification of the state.