Rural childcare is an emerging issue as farm bill discussions pick up.

U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee member Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota tells Brownfield she’s hosted several listening sessions across her state recently.

“And boy did we hear a lot about childcare when we were out there in terms of the Rural Development Title of the farm bill and things we could do.”

She says Kandiyohi County in west central Minnesota has nearly 1,000 childcare slots open.

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