Bob Worth was confused when Joe Smentek, executive director of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA), insisted he attend a biofuels panel Aug. 16 in Minneapolis alongside congressional leaders, USDA officials and Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen. “I said, ‘Bob, it’s…
August 21, 2024
What’s old is new again at the Port of Duluth. “You don’t see elevators like this anymore,” Darin Johnson, president of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA), said during a look inside the port’s Hansen-Mueller Terminal A. “This facility is…
August 15, 2024
Nothing says election year like the political traffic at Farmfest. As the agriculture industry flocked to Gilfillan Estate in Morgan Aug. 6-8, the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) had boots on the ground to welcome a revolving door of legislators…
August 8, 2024
Applications have opened for the latest round of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s (MDA) Soil Health Financial Assistance Program grants. The grants are available to individual producers, producer groups, and tribal and local governments to purchase or retrofit soil health…
August 1, 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
The Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) is on a mission to uplift the next generation of farmer leaders. For many aspiring directors, that journey starts by applying for the 2024-25 ASA Corteva Agriscience Young Leader Program. “For more than 40…
July 25, 2024
Jamie Beyer, a director with the American Soybean Association (ASA), participated in a Nutrition and Purchasing Conference in July 2024 in Bogota, Colombia, alongside industry leaders and Spanish-speaking buyers from Mexico, Central America and South America. Due to a busy…
July 24, 2024
