This story first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of Soybean Business, the magazine of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association. Click here to read more articles from Soybean Business.
March 2, 2018
Sonny Perdue addressed thousands of farmers Wednesday at Commodity Classic in Anaheim, Calif., and the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture got down to business right away, dispelling concerns about the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
March 1, 2018
With more than 3,000 members, the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) is the nation’s largest soybean membership-based organization.
February 22, 2018
Last year’s hurricanes, wildfires, and droughts, devastated parts of the South, Midwest, Northern Plains, and California, and were a stark reminder that agriculture is an inherently risky business. Federal crop insurance indemnities for these disasters totaled more than $1 billion…
February 15, 2018
When the price of Theresia Gillie’s family health insurance plan rose by 67 percent in 2016, it stopped being just another expense on the ledger. Paying for health care was fast becoming an existential threat to the farm.
February 7, 2018
As May 1, 2018 approaches, the build up to Minnesota’s final leg of the current biodiesel mandate could go in two very different directions, but there is cause to remain upbeat.
February 7, 2018
The Governors’ Biofuels Coalition announced today that Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds will serve as chair and Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton will serve as vice chair of the Coalition through 2018.
February 1, 2018