Written by Cory Bennett, MSGA lobbyist As it seems every legislative session, the final weekend of the 2018 legislative session was a flurry of activity with last-minute negotiations and passage of bills. Over the two-year biennium, legislators introduced a record 8,658 bills in the two-year session that ended late Sunday, May 20. Even though most …
Tim Jerzak doesn’t have children, but keeping today’s youth safe around farm equipment is a priority for the 37-year old farmer. “We need to make sure kids know that a lot of this equipment is dangerous,” Jerzak says. “I love young people. Protecting them is very important to me.” Jerzak has been farming with his …
This article appears in the May-June issue of Soybean Business Magazine. Click here to read the digital issue. Many farmers across Minnesota are still hitting the books and adding to their curriculum vitae by attending Farm Business Management college courses. These classes, however, aren’t held in a classroom. They’re taught across their kitchen table. Farm …
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When Krista Willis transitioned from the corporate world three years ago to farm full-time with her husband, Chad, and father, having a voice in St. Paul and Washington D.C. was extremely important to her. “The Minnesota Soybean Growers does an excellent job at giving us a voice in policy both in Minnesota and federally,” Willis …
Mental health funding, tax conformity latest victims of 2018 session The Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) is once again disappointed, but not surprised by yet another veto of important legislation by Gov. Mark Dayton that would have helped struggling Minnesota farm families. Gov. Dayton struck down the Omnibus Supplemental Budget Bill, which would have provided …
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The Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) is extremely disgusted with Gov. Mark Dayton once again snubbing rural Minnesota and the agriculture community by vetoing the Omnibus Agriculture Policy Bill. “We feel that we’ve compromised, but the governor’s administration is unwilling to compromise with us,” says Minnesota Soybean Growers CEO Tom Slunecka. “We fail to see …
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Growers have recognized that soybeans will yield with attention to details. For a long time, growers and agronomists felt that soybean yields were stagnant relative to gains in corn yield. They were reluctant to invest time or resources to produce a high-yield crop. How times have changed, and we have multiple yield reports over 100 …
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Agriculture and education have always been a large part of Dale Busch’s career and life from teaching high school agriculture to helping farmers and educating consumers.