The Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) continues to keep a close eye on the latest legislative developments in St. Paul as the 2024 legislative session enters its final weeks. By being proactive and supporting a lobbying team that stays abreast…
April 11, 2024
Democrats took full advantage of their complete, yet slim, control of the Legislature in 2023. After regaining the majority for the first time in nearly a decade, the DFL checked off nearly all of its campaign pledges, from cannabis legislation…
May 24, 2023
With the 2023 legislative session entering its final days, Minnesota lawmakers agreed to establish a grain indemnity fund to protect farmers against financial collapse of a grain elevator during a conference committee on May 6. The initial $10 million the…
May 11, 2023
To debut the 2022 Spill the Beans webinar series, Minnesota Soybean Growers Association lobbyists Cory Bennett and A.J. Duerr offered an overview of the legislative environment in St. Paul, and looked ahead to the upcoming November elections. “When we look…
February 2, 2022
With the clock ticking, the Minnesota Legislature is getting back to work in St. Paul. And for the first time in a year, the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association literally has its feet on the ground again in the Capitol to…
June 17, 2021
The Successful Farmer series, presented by MSGA and Beck’s Hybrids, begins Feb. 4 at the Minnesota Soybean office in Mankato. The series will feature speakers Kent Thiesse, MSGA lobbyist Cory Bennett, Nate Firle, Mike Blaine and Dale Viktora. Thiesse will…
January 2, 2020
In the months leading up to the 2018 election, Minnesota was a national curiosity. After Republicans nearly won the state in the 2016 presidential race, a political picture of the state emerged prior to the 2018 midterms: a blue state with…
November 8, 2018
