An annual festival that raises money for farmers across the country is slated to come to the University of Minnesota next week, but organizers now say the event is in jeopardy if the university's administration and striking workers cannot come to a deal.

Farm Aid , an annual festival organized by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp, has held events in different cities for the last 40 years, raising more than $85 million. But the financial impacts of moving or canceling the event scheduled for Sept. 20 at the Huntington Bank Stadium "could be devastating," organizers said.

They added that workers who were scheduled to begin building the concert stage on Friday will "not cross a picket line."

Food service, custodial and maintenance employees working for the university system h

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