Fifth-generation farmer Rachel Arneson of Norman County has been selected as one of the 2024 America’s Best Young Farmers & Ranchers by DTN/Progressive Farmer. Arneson, who has managed for the farm for at least the past five years, grows soybeans,…
November 28, 2023
Minnesota farmer and Minnesota Soybean Growers Association Director Chris Hill will continue to spread the good word about biodiesel after being reelected to the Clean Fuels Alliance America governing board. Hill, who earned reelection during the annual Clean Fuels Membership…
November 16, 2023
Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) President Bob Worth is joining Gov. Tim Walz on a trade mission to Australia, from Nov. 10-18. Stops include the major business centers of Sydney and Melbourne, with mission goals of growing the state’s exports…
November 9, 2023
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced a significant reduction in duties on phosphate fertilizers imported from Morocco, decreasing them significantly from 19.97% to just 2.12%. “The Commerce Department’s determination comes after years of engagement by the American Soybean Association in…
November 8, 2023
Gov. Tim Walz celebrated the Minnesota farmers and landowners who have enrolled 1 million acres in a voluntary agricultural water quality program, achieving a goal Governor Walz set in December 2020. The governor made the announcement at the farm of…
November 7, 2023
Agriculture groups, including the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) and American Soybean Association (ASA), are applauding a recent ruling from the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals that upholds sound science by vacating the U.S. EPA’s rule that essentially banned the…
November 6, 2023
Northfield farmer Robert “Rusty” Kluver didn’t believe his son Bradley when he told his father that the leader of the free world might visit their small, third-generation farm. “I kind of thought he was full of (it),” said Kluver, a…
November 2, 2023
Mark your calendars! The MN Ag Expo is returning Jan. 17-18, 2024. Join the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) and the Minnesota Corn Growers Association (MCGA) for the 2024 MN Ag Expo Jan. 17-18 at the Mayo Clinic Health System…
November 1, 2023
As an unabashed political wonk, Wheaton farmer Jamie Beyer didn’t quite know what to expect when she represented the soybean industry during a trade mission to Germany and Poland alongside the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC). She returned home with…
October 31, 2023
Nearly 1,500 farmers, ranchers, pesticide applicators and agricultural producers from across the country have come together to voice strong disapproval to EPA, criticizing the agency’s Endangered Species Act herbicide strategy framework proposal. The agricultural producers include Minnesota farmers George Goblish…
October 26, 2023