Many expect the next farm bill to have a greater emphasis on climate.

Minnesota AgriGrowth executive director Tamara Nelsen says farmers are eager to provide input as lawmakers get to work on the legislation.

“Whether risk management, whether incentive programs, or whether tax incentives, will (these) be in the next farm bill in an effort to reward farmers or companies for what they’re already doing? And or to incentivize or manage the risk of something new we might ask them to do.”

She tells Brownfield several AgriGrowth priorities that probably wouldn’t be part of the next farm bill are included in the infrastructure package.

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