Enrollment is open for Minnesota’s 2025 Walk-In Access program, which pays landowners to allow public access on private lands.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is encouraging dairy producers to enroll in Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC), an important safety net program that helps offset milk and feed price differences. This year’s DMC signup began Jan. 29 and the deadline to enroll is March 31, 2025.

New state data shows the importance of the Medicaid program to southwestern Minnesota’s people and economy.

Last week, CURE, a rural advocacy organization based out of Montevideo, filed an appeal to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) arguing that the decision to grant Summit Carbon Solutions, LLC a permit for 28-miles of CO2 pipeline in Otter Tail and Wilkin Counties is “inconsistent with [Minnesota’s] pipeline routing statutes and rules.” CURE’s petition to the PUC highlights that Summit’s project faces major questions about its path forward, and that Minnesotans need answers from regulators before allowing any further approvals in the state.

Two Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) members received the Bruce Miller award at the 123rd anniversary National Farmers Union (NFU) Convention held earlier this month in Oklahoma City.