Governor Tim Walz says his administration is looking at ways to help farmers in northwestern Minnesota who are dealing with a delayed harvest due to wet fields. Walz says among the possibilities: “Maybe ease up some of these regulations on everything from propane shipping to truck weight, and then assess if it makes sense and what a disaster declaration actually does, and what the federal government can do in addition to help us out.”
Walz says he’s especially concerned about potato growers and the sugar beet crop.
A group of Republicans in the Minnesota House is asking the governor to declare a flood emergency, plus request a disaster declaration from the U-S Agriculture Department.