Minnesota asked to 'pump the brakes' on grain elevator indemnity fund

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is seeking to set up an indemnity fund with a one-time appropriation of $5 million to help ensure payments to farmers owed money by grain buyers who become insolvent. But elevators also are being told to charge an "indemnity premium."

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