BATTLE OVER BUFFERS CONTINUES
(St. Paul, Minn.) There's another battle brewing at the Minnesota Legislature over new ag buffer laws designed to limit runoff from farm fields into rivers and lakes. Governor Mark Dayton says about Republicans' attempt to make changes, "Not negotiable, not for discussion. I will veto any bill that has any gutting or delay in the buffer (implementation). I went through that last year with them." Roseau Representative Dan Fabian responded, “I have six- or eight-hundred miles of public ditches just in Roseau County. So the timelines in terms of implementation, I don't believe that they're reasonable."