MPCA Announces Feedlot Fee Increase
MPPA Executive Board 2019

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency announced it will be raising water and air permit fees on August 1, 2025. The increase to general feedlot permit fees will raise construction and operating permit fees by $350, a 56% increase, going from $620 to $970, effective immediately.

Nine Minnesota farmer organizations file to intervene in activist litigation against two state agencies
Nine Minnesota farmer organizations file to intervene in activist litigation against two state agencies

A broad-based coalition of respected Minnesota farmer organizations filed a request to intervene in Ramsey County District Court litigation filed in late January by the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA), Minnesota Trout Unlimited (MNTU) and the Minnesota Well Owners Organization (MNWOO). The MCEA/MNTU/MNWOO litigation alleges that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) have not adopted sufficient rules to protect ground and surface water in the SE MN Karst and Central Sands region from nitrates and seeks to force the state agencies to rewrite existing regulations on farming practices. The coalition of Minnesota […]