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        2. Beginning Farmer Equipment and Infrastructure Grant
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      7. More Business Development, Loans, Grants Topics
  • Environment, Sustainability
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        4. Nitrate in SE MN
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        4. Products with Added PFAS
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      6. Clean Water Fund Activities
        1. Clean Water Fund Activities
      7. Best Management Practices
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        3. Pesticide BMPs
        4. Pollinator Habitat BMPs
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      5. Food & Feed Safety
        1. VIEW ALL Food Safety
        2. Secure Milk Supply Program
        3. Food Ingredients/Allergens
        4. Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
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        6. Farm Biosecurity
      6. Feed & Pet Food Business Info
        1. Certificate of Free Sale
        2. GMP Certificate Request
      7. More Food, Feed Topics
  • Plants, Insects
      1. Insect Pests & Diseases
        1. VIEW ALL Insect Pests & Diseases
        2. Report a Plant, Pest or Disease
        3. Emerald Ash Borer
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        5. Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
        6. Japanese Beetle
        7. Swede Midge
        8. Velvet Longhorned Beetle
        9. Bacterial Canker of Tomato
        10. Potato Cyst Nematode
        11. Red Star Rust
      2. Pest Management
        1. Pest Regulations
        2. Biological Control of Emerald Ash Borer
        3. Pest Surveys
        4. Smarty Plants
        5. Research
      3. Plants
        1. Industrial Hemp
        2. Amaranth Aware
        3. Nursery Certification and Plant Regulation
        4. Cold Hardiness List
        5. Noxious & Invasive Weeds
        6. Export Certification Program
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      5. Licensing
        1. VIEW ALL Licensing
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October 2026 Food Safety and Defense Task Force Meeting
 
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"Ask an AURI Expert" office hours: Oct. 22, 2026 October 22, 2026 - October 22, 2026
Worker Protection Standard: How to Comply - November November 2, 2026 - November 2, 2026
Feast! Local Foods Marketplace 2026 November 7, 2026 - November 7, 2026
Aquaculture Working Group, November 2026 November 10, 2026 - November 10, 2026
"Ask an AURI Expert" office hours: Nov. 12, 2026 November 12, 2026 - November 12, 2026
"Ask an AURI Expert" office hours: Nov. 26, 2026 November 26, 2026 - November 26, 2026
Farm Safety Working Group, December 2026 December 7, 2026 - December 7, 2026
"Ask an AURI Expert" office hours: Dec. 10, 2026 December 10, 2026 - December 10, 2026
"Ask an AURI Expert" office hours: Dec. 24, 2026 December 24, 2026 - December 24, 2026
2027 Minnesota Organic Conference January 7, 2027 - January 8, 2027
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