National Ag News
Minnesota Ag Commissioner sending clean water message downstream
Jan 27, 2017, 14:34 PM
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The commissioner of agriculture in Minnesota says his state has an opportunity to send a strong message about water quality to those downstream on the Mississippi River.
Dave Frederickson says Friday’s Town Hall Water Summit in Morris reinforces Governor Dayton’s pledge to improve water across the Land of 10,000 Lakes, and that Minnesota has a moral responsibility as a headwater state.
“We’re moving ahead. We’re trying to make sure that what goes down the Mississippi River is clean.”
In recent years, Minnesota has addressed impaired waters in a number of ways, including passage of a controversial Buffer Rule that’s been met with resistance by many in agriculture.
