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MSGA Blog

The Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) is concerned with the executive order Gov. Dayton released this morning regarding neonicotinoid applications.


The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is pleased to announce a new round of funding for the Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Grant Program. The grant is part of the MDA’s Agricultural Growth, Research, and Innovation (AGRI) Program. Approximately $250,000 is available…


As I traveled across much of the state these last two weeks, I saw much of the crop is in decent shape, and the crop is rapidly approaching harvest time. There is a lot of variation across the fields and…


From buffers, to school levies, to decaying rural roads, to bans on needed chemicals, to GMO labeling, farmers are in the crosshairs too often in St. Paul and Washington D.C. Thanks to the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association, farmers have a…


On Saturday, Aug. 13, the Le Sueur and Blue Earth County Farm Bureau organizations, along with the Scott/Le Sueur and Blue Earth County Corn and Soybean Growers and other commodity groups and agribusinesses helped bring the annual Breakfast on the…


The topic of white mold and soybean aphids came up earlier this week. While certain farms are having problems with these pests, neither is as prevalent across Minnesota as they have been in years past.  Which formulates the question, why?


What started out as a simple project three years ago morphed into a multi-pronged communication effort for Wheaton, Minn, farmers Rodd and Jamie Beyer.


The conversation surrounding water quality in Minnesota has really taken off in recent years and has brought people to the table everywhere from the farm fields to the light rail station.