Farmers lack crop insurance in flood damaged Minnesota
In rural Dakota County and Northfield Minnesota specialty crop growers face ruined tomatillos garbanzos and vegetables as floods overwhelm fields. Federal crop insurance covers grain but not vegetables, leaving immigrant women and minority farmers without a safety net while disaster relief and micro farm policies struggle to reach them.
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Northfield
Minn
Minnesota
Erika Gomez
Tierra de Esperanza Farm
Dakota County
Gomez
Congress
U.S. Department of Agriculture
St. Paul Air
U.S
Minnesota Farmers’ Market Association
MFMA
Sharing Our
Delanie Harrmann
So Below Apothecary
Harrmann
USDA
Biden
MDA
Moffatt Odwere
Moffatto Farm
Odwere
Samuel Nyarige
Lucia Possehl
Indian Hills to expand CDL training with $1 million grant
U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn announced a $1 million federal grant to Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa to build a CDL driving pad for truck driver education, part of the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act. Construction and programming targets span six to nine months, with classes beginning next summer.
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Iowa Community College
U.S
Zach Nunn
Indian Hills Community College
Ottumwa
Nunn
Matthew Thompson
Community College
Thompson
David Hynick
The
Hynick
Des Moines Area Community
Iowa
Im Slosiarek
the Gazette
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