Government Records
The files deal with all aspects of the department's duties and activities, including its relationship with members of the state legislature and responses supplied by the office to agricultural questions initially received by the governor's office. The latter particularly deal with the farm crisis, commodity prices, taxes, government assistance, and farm size and expansion.
Accession numbers: 980-27; 2006-38; 2008-50; 2011-56
Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project
grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Catalog ID number: 001708248
Correspondence with members of the Minnesota Legislature on agricultural issues.
Letters addressed to Governor Ventura on agricultural issues referred to the Agricultural Department for reply. Responses are under Agriculture Commissioner Hugoson’s signature. A departmental tracking sheet is placed in the front of each folder.