With Congress returning to Capitol Hill for a lame-duck session to close out 2024, the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) joined three dozen advocacy organizations in November in issuing a letter to federal lawmakers urging the extension several expiring tax…
November 21, 2024
In August 2024, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released new proposed modifications to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). In response to this proposal, which portends significant negative implications for soy-based biofuels, the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) submitted…
August 28, 2024
Biodiesel plays a vital role in supporting Minnesota’s economy, as well as cutting emissions and allowing Minnesotans to breathe clean and healthy air. For more than 15 years, biodiesel supporters have followed through on their commitment toward promoting a cleaner…
July 29, 2024
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and a bipartisan group of 16 colleagues, including Sen. Tina Smith, sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging the EPA to raise Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)…
June 26, 2024
In December 2023, the Department of Treasury first recognized soy as an eligible sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) feedstock in initial guidance through a Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) pathway, a decision welcomed by soybean groups, including the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association.…
May 1, 2024
In honor of Earth Week 2024, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director Colleen Landkamer announced that USDA is funding more than 80 clean energy projects in Minnesota to lower energy bills, expand access to domestic biofuels and…
April 26, 2024
Farmer leaders from the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) met in the Governor’s Reception Room on March 8 to discuss MSGA’s policy priorities with Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) Deputy Commissioner Andrea Vaubel. Including biofuels in…
March 11, 2024
Apparently, the adage is true: Everything really is bigger in Texas. For the second consecutive year, Commodity Classic, the nation’s largest agriculture conference and trade show, posted record attendance. More than 11,000 farm families, industry professionals and advocates gathered in…
March 2, 2024