The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports on the Farmfest, especially they talk about how the “Ag Bill” isn’t the most apt name that “food bill” might make it more meaningful to a wider audience…

As those who follow the twice-a-decade farm bill know, the legislation suffers from a misnaming. While the omnibus law, last re-upped by Congress in 2018, funds crop insurance and rural broadband programs, 80% of its spending is on food and hunger initiatives. The next bill is expected to top $1 trillion in spending.

“It should be [called] a food bill because that’s what it is,” said Dan Glessing, president of the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation and a dairy farmer from Renville County.

More about broadband and an implication on the impact of broadband on food, agriculture and rural areas…

“I think about the young people in the world right now. Where do you want to raise a family?” asked Emmer, emphasizing rural broadband funding. “I’d rather raise a family in rural Minnesota. I think the values actually make sense.”