When your farm resides in the far southwest corner of Minnesota, having a voice in St. Paul when you can’t always be there is one of the main reasons Lyle Rollag finds his Minnesota Soybean Growers Association membership valuable.
“Having someone in St. Paul on my behalf is important,” Rollag says. “I’m appreciative of all they are doing for me and my farm, and also what they are preventing from happening.”
Following China’s announcement of a proposed 25 percent tariff on imported U.S. soybeans, the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) is expressing its extreme displeasure about the escalation of a trade war with the largest customer of U.S. soybeans, and calling on the White House to reconsider the tariffs that led to this retaliation.
Karson Duncanson came back to his home farm in 2006 by creating a custom finishing hog enterprise, and formed a cash crop partnership with his brother, Kameron, in 2017.
Earlier this month, a couple of representatives of the Minnesota Ag Water Quality Certification Program traveled to the Skaug farm outside of Beltrami to present Mike and his son, Ryan, with a couple of signs signifying the farm’s compliance with the still relatively new statewide program passed by the Minnesota Legislature almost four years ago.
Minnesota Soybean Growers Association directors took to St. Paul Wednesday to talk priorities with Minnesota legislators, including Section 179 allowance conformity, buffer compensation, biodiesel and the ever-popular Nitrogen Fertilizer Rule.
Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) President Michael Petefish and MSGA Director of Public Affairs Joe Smentek testified before the Minnesota House Agriculture Policy Committee Thursday on the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s (MDA) proposed Nitrogen (N) fertilizer rule.
American Soybean Association (ASA) and Minnesota Soybean Growers Association Director Joel Schreurs shared a flight from Minneapolis to Washington D.C. with Rep. Collin Peterson this week, and received a heads-up that 2018 Farm Bill talks were hitting a snag over funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Wabasso, Minn., farmer Adam Guetter knew biodiesel was a serious economic generator for Minnesota agriculture prior to his training during the American Soybean Association’s (ASA) DuPont Young Leader Program. Guetter just didn’t realize the extent of Minnesota’s leadership in the national biodiesel movement.