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Committee considers AGREIT reauthorization with increased support proposed for Farm Business Management instructors
Summary
Senate File 1178 (AGREIT account) was discussed with a focus on expanding support for Farm Business Management (FBM) instruction. Instructors and centers told the committee that FBM provides one-on-one, on-farm financial and transition planning and that expanded funding and the challenge-grant model reduce instructor workload and help maintain
Senate File 1178, the appropriation for the AGRicultural REsearch, education, extension and technology (AGREIT) account, was before the committee Feb. 12, 2025. Committee discussion emphasized a single element of the bill: proposals to expand funding for the Minnesota Farm Business Management (FBM) program and the FBM challenge-grant model.
Keith Olander, who leads a northern Center of Excellence and oversees extension delivery of FBM, told the committee FBM reaches producers across 83 of Minnesotas 87 counties and uses a faculty of roughly…
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