What started as an endorsement of biodiesel has evolved into a partnership promoting agriculture. The Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council originally reached out to the DieselSellerz, stars of the hit Discovery Channel show, Diesel Brothers, to build a truck…
February 26, 2018
Spring is on its way, planters are being prepared, seed is starting to arrive and some planting decisions, such as variety selection, have already been made. We are all ready to get started, or for the snow to melt at…
February 22, 2018
With more than 3,000 members, the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) is the nation’s largest soybean membership-based organization.
February 22, 2018
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) held a string of "Down on the Farm" workshops in southern Minnesota this week. After a stop in Austin, Minn., MDA hosted a two-part session at South Central College Thursday in North Mankato, where the…
February 22, 2018
From childhood chores to running the operation himself, Ron Obermoller, a District 7 representative for Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council (MSR&PC), has deep roots in agriculture. A fourth-generation corn and soybean farmer from Nobles County, Obermoller’s agricultural interests are…
February 20, 2018
Kris Folland, an MSR&PC director from Kittson County, contacted me last growing season with a few problem weeds found in soybean fields in his native northwest Minnesota. The common trait, glyphosate (Roundup) was not controlling the problem. For each, the…
February 15, 2018
Last year’s hurricanes, wildfires, and droughts, devastated parts of the South, Midwest, Northern Plains, and California, and were a stark reminder that agriculture is an inherently risky business. Federal crop insurance indemnities for these disasters totaled more than $1 billion…
February 15, 2018
