Public Policy This Week – Challenges and optimism for farming in the 21st century

This week hosts Joe Moravchik and Steve Sviggum, who himself is a farmer, talk with David Legvold and Hannah Malecha, both of whom operate farms in South Central Minnesota, about the state of farming in the 21st Century. The four discuss soil erosion, legislation, new pests, the importance of education, and much more.

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