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Walz signs agriculture bill with $18.4M in drought relief

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The Legislature passed the bill Sunday in the closing hours of the 2022 legislative session. The bill includes $18.4 million in relief for losses caused by last year's drought. It also provides $2 million to assist beginning farmers, including those from underrepresented communities. And the bill includes over $200 million to support further broadband development in rural Minnesota.

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Walz signs agriculture bill with $18.4M in drought relief

Gov. Tim Walz has signed an agriculture funding bill that includes drought relief for farmers, investments in rural broadband and support for beginning farmers. The Legislature passed the bill Sunday

2 years ago·United States

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CBS Local

Gov. Walz Signs Agriculture Bill With $18.4M In Drought Relief

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz signed an agriculture funding bill Thursday that includes drought relief for farmers, investments in rural broadband and support for beginning farmers.The Legislature passed the bill Sunday in the closing hours of the 2022 legislative session.Minnesota farmers have been struggling this spring with wet ground that has delayed planting, but the bill includes $18.4 million in relief for losses caused by last yea…

2 years ago·United States

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Pioneer Press

Walz signs agriculture bill with $18.4M in drought relief

The legislation also includes investments in rural broadband and support for beginning farmers.

2 years ago·St Paul, United States

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Walz signs agriculture bill with $18.4M in drought relief

Farmers have been struggling with wet ground that has delayed planting, but the bill includes $18.4 million in relief for losses caused by last year's drought.

2 years ago·Minneapolis, United States

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