Thom Petersen

Appreciated opportunity to host Director General Dennis Yen-Feng Lei of the Tapei Economic & Cultural Office in Chicago this afternoon at MDA. Taiwan was Minnesota’s 8th largest export market for food and ag products including soybeans, corn, pork, feed products & more.

@amyklobuchar Congrats @skarnowski on a great career with @AP covering government in Minnesota, enjoy retirement!

Wishing Steve Karnowski the best in his next chapter as he steps away from an incredible career at the Associated Press. He has covered Minnesota for more than 30 years and provided steady, trusted coverage through it all.

Today Governor Walz announced the appointment of Hannah Bernhardt who farms in Finlayson to the MN Rural Finance Authority & Jess Westbrock a turkey farmer from Richmond to the MN Board of Animal Health, congrats to both!

Good to see Governor Walz has signed SF3832 authored by Sen. Kupec and Rep. Nathan Nelson known as the DAIRI bill that gives additional assistance to dairy farmers who enroll in the federal DMC program. revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/…

Tonight in downtown Glyndon Minnesota for the NorthHarvest Bean Growers Battle of the Beans cook-off highlighting edible beans in Minnesota. We rank consistently in the top 5 in edible bean production & #1 in kidney bean production!

This afternoon in greater Vergas, Minnesota to visit North Circle seed company which sells heirloom vegetable seeds! Check it out: northcircleseeds.com thanks Zach for the tour!

Minnesota Hemp Growers and Processors Must Apply by April 30 morningagclips.com/minnesota-hemp…

Great to see this bill to help Minnesota Dairy farmers pass was strong by partisan support in the House after passing the Senate! 🥛 🐄

Governor Tim Walz has reappointed Watonwan County area farmer Harold Wolle to @MNagriculture Rural Finance Authority Board, congrats Harold and thanks for serving!

This morning standing out in the middle of a field in Elk River to hear about farmer experiences growing camelina. Thx Beech Family Farms, Centrasota Coop, Cargill and others for partnering to help foster growth of crop in Minnesota.

Great to see after 85 years! Campaign launches to renovate State Fair 4-H building and expand state programs kaaltv.com/news/campaign-…

Thx Minnesota Cattlemen for bringing Democrats & Republicans together over delicious hunk of meat at their annual 🥩 on a stick day at the State Capitol!

Current view from the Waseca station.

Pretty solid .35 price difference/savings on E15/88 today the Stacy Kwik Trip, I’ll take it!

Look who's coming to dinner in Duluth...our first saltie to open the grain shipping season!

Appreciated opportunity to join Angela Davis this morning on ⁦⁦@MPRnews⁩ to talk state of agriculture in Minnesota including tariffs, input prices, markets, labor & more.

Cold, wet, power outage, hour delay, no problem! Any day with the boys at a baseball game is a great day! Go Twins!

@vsawkar @Twins Now they let everyone in without scanning tickets and the mezzanine is basically turning into a dark post apocalyptic mess. Ugh

When there’s a @Twins power outage, you make do and wait it out. Beer is cold at Kieran’s!

Bad enough it’s cold and rainy at @Twins game.. worse news is power went out and everyone has to stand in line in the rain while they figure it out…. Ugh ☔️

Today hosted the Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of Cuba Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera to talk about current situation in the country and possibilities for trade with Minnesota.