September 2022

What is fair farmland rent, will be the focus of several fall meetings in person across the state. Landlords, farmers and agri-business professionals should make plans to attend one of the informative fair farm rental agreement meetings being held across Minnesota. These free meetings are being provided by the University of Minnesota Extension. Farmland rental rates are the largest input cost the farmer has. Determining a fair farm rent agreement is a challenge in today’s economy with current high corn and soybeans prices in 2022.

Minnesota State Community and Technical College will again be hosting free Certified Nursing Assistant courses as part of Gov. Tim Walz’s Next Generation Nursing Assistant initiative.

Another school year is ramping up with all the hustle and excitement that comes with it. With our primary focus on getting ready for another year of educating the future generation, cyber criminals grin at the opportunity to catch us with our guard down on cyber activity. Already in this new school year, SWWC Cybersecurity has observed an uptick in cyber incidents, especially in Spear Phishing attacks against school staff. “Spearfishing?” you might ask. “How is that different from the phishing I have become so familiar with in the past and how exactly will this impact my school district?” Spear Phishing is a form of phishing used by bad cyber actors in attempt to make money. But unlike normal phishing, spear phishing takes things a step further when the bad actor directly calls out a single person or organization with the hope of increasing the number of victims.