The American Soybean Association (ASA) board meeting and Hill visits couldn’t have come at a better time as farmer’s concerns for trade and farm bill negotiations continue to rise. This week, Minnesota’s five ASA directors and three of Minnesota Soybean…
July 12, 2018
This article appears in the May-June issue of Soybean Business Magazine. Click here to read the digital version. It was 1993, and after fighting to grow a crop amid a record-setting cool and wet growing season, Bill Gordon’s father had to admit…
July 12, 2018
With farm income down 50 percent in the past five years, the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) is disheartened by China’s declaration Friday of a retaliatory 25-percent tariff on U.S. soybeans. “Soybean prices have dropped nearly 20 percent since the…
July 6, 2018
MSGA and American Soybean Association (ASA) Treasurer Bill Gordon traveled to Europe last week to attend the European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation (FEFAC) meeting. While in Spain and France, Gordon toured feed mills and discussed feed security, protein security and animal…
July 2, 2018
Minnesota soybean farmers represented at National Biodiesel Board member meeting Three Minnesota soybean farmers traveled to Washington, D.C. this week to be a voice for the biodiesel industry on Capitol Hill. Chris Hill, Jim Willers and Ron Obermoller represented Minnesota…
June 28, 2018
Strathcona, Minn., farmer ready to represent MN on national level Jim Kukowski of Strathcona, Minn., was elected to represent Minnesota soybean farmers on the American Soybean Association (ASA) board. Kukowski is now one of five Minnesota directors on the ASA…
June 28, 2018
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) expressed appreciation that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed an increase in the biomass-based diesel and advanced biofuel categories under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). While the proposed increase sends a very positive signal…
June 26, 2018
MSGA goes to bat for farmers The Minnesota Department of Agriculture moved ahead with its June 20 cutoff date for spraying dicamba on dicamba-tolerant soybeans in Minnesota. In a June 8 letter to stakeholders, MDA Commissioner Dave Frederickson announced there…
June 21, 2018
