Once the combine is in post-harvest hibernation mode, it’s time for farmers to rest their bodies and refuel their minds. There’s no better place to replenish ag knowledge than at the MN Ag Expo held Jan. 22-23, 2025, at the…
October 24, 2024
Minnesota farmers have made quick work of their soybean harvest as most are completed and moving onto corn across the state. A warm and dry fall allowed growers to put the pedal to the metal and wrapped up harvest without…
October 24, 2024
During the 2024 legislative session, Minnesota lawmakers passed a supplemental bill in the second year of the biennium that will modify the definition of the state’s public waters. The bill also appropriated $8 million to the Department of Natural Resources…
October 16, 2024
In a win for agricultural advocacy, a port strike at 36 containerized shipping and roll-on/roll-off terminals from Maine to Texas was called off Oct. 3 after just two days. For several months, the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) and the International…
October 9, 2024
If you can bet on anything at the 2025 MN Ag Expo, place your highest bid on hearing from a top-notch speaker who knows a thing or two about auction prices. Greg Peterson, better known as “Machinery Pete,” will take the stage Jan.…
October 2, 2024
In late September 2024, the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) joined industry partners in submitting documents to EPA on its draft Insecticide Strategy, including a coalition comment letter and a grower/applicator petition, urging the agency to ensure the framework is…
October 2, 2024
In the wide world of advocacy, one meeting often leads to another. In September 2024, Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) Executive Director Joe Smentek and Kim Nill, director of Market Development with the Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council (MSR&PC),…
September 26, 2024
