MN AG EXPO, the state’s premier indoor agricultural show, returns to the Verizon Center in Mankato, Minn., on Jan. 23 and 24, 2019. Hosted by the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association and the Minnesota Corn Growers Association, there is something for…
December 6, 2018
Farm bill negotiators said Thursday they reached an “agreement in principle,” offering hope of breaking a months-long impasse over commodity and food-stamp policy that would pave the way for Congress to send legislation to President Donald Trump before the end…
November 29, 2018
This sponsored content was written by Farmers Business Network Are you frustrated by prices driving up, with fewer choices and at the end of the day, you and your operation are assuming all of the risk? We can’t control the…
November 28, 2018
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
This sponsored post was written by 40 Square Cooperative Solutions 40 Square Cooperative Solutions, an independent Minnesota agricultural health plan co-op providing farm families and agribusinesses access to self-funded health insurance options, is ramping up for its second year of…
November 1, 2018
After growing up on the family farm in southwest Minnesota, Pat Hennen questioned the wisdom of plying a trade that depends on the whims of Mother Nature. “I enjoyed farming, but remember saying to my dad when I was in…
November 1, 2018
The Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) is encouraged by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement Wednesday to extend over-the-top use of dicamba on soybeans until Dec. 20, 2020. “We’re very pleased the EPA will continue to have this important tool…
November 1, 2018
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is seeking public input on the draft Stewardship Guidelines and Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Neonicotinoid Insecticide-Treated Seed. These BMPs were developed in response to special registration review on neonicotinoid insecticides. The purpose of…
October 25, 2018