Time is running out for the next Minnesota soybean leaders to apply for the 2024-25 ASA Corteva Agriscience Young Leader Program. With an application deadline of Sept. 20, 2024, participants commit to attend two training sessions, the second of which…
September 17, 2024
Applications for a new grant to help beginning Minnesota farmers purchase equipment and infrastructure through the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) will open later in September 2024. Farmers will be able to apply for up to $20,000 to reimburse costs…
September 12, 2024
The nation’s agriculture community is pulling together its resources to make another push to urge lawmakers to pass a new, bipartisan Farm Bill by the end of 2024. With the legislative calendar tightening up, leaders from the national soybeans, corn,…
September 11, 2024
Citing worsening economic conditions impacting the nation’s farmers, the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) joined more than 300 national and state groups in sending a letter to congressional leaders on Sept. 9 calling on them to pass the Farm Bill before year’s…
September 10, 2024
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is now accepting applications for the fiscal year 2025 (July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025) Noxious Weed and Invasive Plant Grant. Counties, municipalities, tribal governments, and weed management entities (including Cooperative Weed Management Areas) may…
September 4, 2024
His archive is sprinkled with stories that are real, raw and straight from the farm. He believes everyone has a story worth sharing and he’s ready to give those stories the platform they deserve at the 2025 MN Ag Expo…
August 28, 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
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
