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Lincoln County farmer Bob Worth was reelected president of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) by his farmer peers during the organization’s June board meeting.  “I greatly enjoyed this past year and look forward to another year as president,” Worth…


Minnesota is no longer one of two states with a divided legislature. Following the 2022 Election, Democrats seized control of both chambers of the Minnesota Legislature for the first time in nearly a decade. Gov. Tim Walz also won reelection,…


Worth first served as MSGA president in 2005 More than 15 years after he first took the helm, Lincoln County farmer Bob Worth is returning as president of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association. “I’m excited to follow along in Mike…


After two years as vice president, Mike Skaug was named president of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association Monday during the nonpartisan’s organization first in-person board meeting in more than a year. “I’m humbled and honored my fellow directors have put…


soybean news

When she looks back on her two years as Minnesota Soybean Growers Association president, Jamie Beyer joked her term might require an asterisk in MSGA’s history book to signify the oddity of the years 2019-2021. “We can call it ‘The…


For much of election night 2020, the presidential race looked like a repeat of four years earlier. Until it didn’t. Polls showed in the days leading up to Nov. 3 a series of close races in battleground states, with Joe…


The conventional wisdom among Minnesota politicos heading into Election Day 2020 was the DFL was in a strong position to earn a clear majority in the state legislature. But an anticipated blue wave failed to materialize, and Minnesota’s urban-rural divide…


soybean news

Jamie Beyer is ready for her second act. The Wheaton farmer’s first year presiding over the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association hit an unforeseen roadblock in March, when COVID-19 effectively closed down MSGA’s face-to-face advocacy outreach. As a result, MSGA’s fundraising…