Several Minnesota Soybean Growers Association directors took to St. Paul Thursday to discuss a bevy of issues with legislators from across the state. Among the hot topics discussed were agriculture land taxes, which stalled in last year’s House File 848…
March 31, 2016
A recent USSEC study estimated that 3.5 million non-GMO soy food bean acres were produced in the U.S. in 2015, and 3.1 million acres were grown under contract. For the second year, USSEC ran a non-GMO Soy Food Bean Acreage…
March 29, 2016
One of my favorite artists is a good ole boy, George Strait. One of his songs, “Ace in the Hole” may be relevant with the end of winter upon us. While most of the state experienced snow storms last week, most…
March 28, 2016
How do you make decisions about your farming operation? Many would say they collaborate with local, specialized experts when making decisions impacting their bottom line. The same can be said for the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA). Over 50 years…
March 24, 2016
Potential. Growth. Demand. These are all buzz words that have been thrown around for the past two weeks as a delegation of Minnesota farmers toured parts of Vietnam as part of the Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council’s (MSR&PC) See…
March 24, 2016
After a controversial start in the first week, both the House and Senate got to work. The Senate Agriculture Committee passed a bill to make changes to last year’s controversial buffer law. Sen. Skoe, D-Minn., introduced SF 2505. Its companion HF3000…
March 23, 2016
Each year, the Production action team of the Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council (MSR&PC) invests checkoff dollars in research at the University of Minnesota aimed at helping farmers grow more, high quality soybeans. University of Minnesota (UMN) entomologists are…
March 23, 2016
