MASC Work Session in Hutchinson, MN at the Southwest Initiative Foundation
Fri, Jan 03
|Southwest Initiative Foundation
This free work session at Southwest Initiative Foundation in Hutchinson, MN, is to help all growers complete the paperwork to apply for the MASC program payment for 2025 crops.
Time & Location
Jan 03, 2025, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Southwest Initiative Foundation, 15 3rd Ave NW, Hutchinson, MN 55350, USA
About the event
Calling all Specialty Crop Growers!
Do you grow vegetables, flowers, mushrooms, seeds, Christmas trees, nursery stock, honey, hops, maple sap, or any other specialty or niche crop for market? Have you heard about the MASC program? This is a rare opportunity being offered through the USDA to get some financial support for these efforts in 2025, but the application period ends January 8. Get help filling out the forms and learn more about what you’ll need to complete an application. There will be language assistance in Spanish.
The event is being hosted by farmer Laura Cullip, farmer advocate with the Minnesota Department of Ag, who will be on hand to answer questions. Nicholas Leete, Go Farm Connect Spanish Language Specialist, will be available to help with translation needs.
Growers of all kinds from South West MN and elsewhere are welcome to attend - you do not need to own land or…