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From: Minnesota Milk Producers Association <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 17:40:10 +0000

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July 22, 2025

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Register for the 2025 Minnesota Milk Cup!

Feedlot comments due TODAY | Help prevent bad feedlot rules

Join the Q&A session on the draft 2025 Minnesota Nutrient Reduction Strategy - July 24

‘A dedicated public servant’: Republican state Senator Bruce Anderson dies at 75

Sen. Nicole Mitchell found guilty on both counts in her burglary trial

Homan hints Trump farmworker policy is coming

Finstad urges EPA to rescind harmful petition by radical environmentalists, stands up for southern Minnesota farmers

I-9 Audit Surge: Dairies caught in the crossfire of immigration policy fails

Keep Minnesota’s animals safe from New World Screwworm

Dairy Market Report

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Register for the 2025 Minnesota Milk Cup!

Source: Minnesota Milk

Join Minnesota's dairy community at the Minnesota Milk Cup this August! This event offers fantastic opportunities for networking and building relationships among farmers, businesses and those who aren't members. It’s not just about spending a day on the golf course; it’s an opportunity to unite and advance our state’s dairy community through connection and collaboration.

Date: August 13, 2025
Location: Mount Frontenac Golf Course (33420 Ski Rd. Frontenac, MN  55026)

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Feedlot comments due today | Help prevent bad feedlot rules

Source: Lucas Sjostrom, MN Milk

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is proposing a rewrite of Rule 7020, which could threaten the viability of dairy farms. Minnesota is undergoing its first review of animal feedlot rules in 25 years, and it is essential for farmers to get involved. As farmers, we must advocate for regulations that are scientifically based, rather than depending on generalizations that do not apply to all regions and farms. Please submit a comment before July 22 to let MPCA know this rule doesn’t work for Minnesota’s dairy. Make your voice heard — it matters.

The Request for Comments (RFC) period for the Animal Feedlots Rule will close on Tuesday July 22, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. Submit comments HERE.

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Join the Q&A session on the draft 2025 Minnesota Nutrient Reduction Strategy - July 24

Source: MN Pollution Agency

Please join us Thursday, July 24, from 1-2:30 p.m. for a question and answer session on the draft 2025 Minnesota Nutrient Reduction Strategy (NRS) please submit questions using the Minnesota NRS survey.

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‘A dedicated public servant’: Republican state Senator Bruce Anderson dies at 75

Source:  MPR News

Republican state Sen. Bruce Anderson of Buffalo has died.

Senate Republican Leader Mark Johnson confirmed Anderson’s death in a statement.

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Sen. Nicole Mitchell found guilty on both counts in her burglary trial

Source: KSTP.com

State Sen. Nicole Mitchell has been found guilty on both counts in her felony burglary trial.

Mitchell is charged with first-degree burglary and possession of burglary tools in connection with a break-in at her stepmother’s Detroit Lakes home last year.

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Homan hints Trump farmworker policy is coming

Source: The Hill

White House border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday that the Trump administration is considering possible changes to its immigration enforcement policy as it relates to farm and hospitality workers.

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Finstad urges EPA to rescind harmful petition by radical environmentalists, stands up for southern Minnesota farmers

Source: Brad Finstad, MN Congressman

Congressman Brad Finstad (MN-01), member of the House Committee on Agriculture and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture, sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and Regional Administrator Anne Vogel requesting the agency rescind an April 2023 petition by environmental activists related to elevated nitrates in eight Minnesota counties throughout the Karst Region.

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I-9 Audit Surge: Dairies caught in the crossfire of immigration policy fails

Source: Dairy Herd Management

At least nine dairies in Texas were targets of I-9 audits over the weekend. Producers argue it’s a “broken” immigration system, and the recent audits prove the E-Verify program has flaws. Despite criticism, the dairy industry is pushing to be included in the H-2A guest worker program.

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Keep Minnesota’s animals safe from New World Screwworm

Source: MN Board of Animal Health

Minnesotans are asked to stay alert for New World Screwworm (NWS), a fly that lays a destructive maggot capable of inflicting great harm on livestock, pets, wildlife, and on rare occasion, humans. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is also working to strengthen measures to keep the pest out of the U.S.

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Dairy Market Report for July 18

Welcome back to our Dairy Market Report! We partner with Ever.Ag to bring you highlights of recent dairy market activities, as well as a summary of key market indicators.

CME prices finished the week right about where they started. Block cheddar closed at $1.6425 per pound, down 1.75 cents on the week. It was another big week of block volume with 36 lots trading hands. Barrels finished at $1.6600 per pound, a penny and a half lower with one lot trading. Butter prices slumped to $2.5125, down 7.75 cents from last Friday. Seven lots of butter changed hands, the lightest weekly volume in over a year.

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Full market report here

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July 22 | Transportation and logistics

July 23 | Biofuel production

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AgriGrowth hosts 16 listening sessions for Minnesota's agriculture and food economy

These virtual listening sessions are segmented by industry, commodity, and expertise to develop a comprehensive 2040 vision for Minnesota's agriculture and food economy.

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July 24 | Grain, feed, and oilseed crops
July 29 | Livestock

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