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The Minnesota State Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) is pleased to announce exciting changes to the membership structure for 2016 and beyond.


This story first appeared in the July-August 2016 issue of Soybean Business, the magazine of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association. Click here to read more articles from Soybean Business.


The Minnesota Rural Finance Authority (RFA) has lowered its interest rate on the Disaster Loan program to zero percent to help farmers cover the costs to replace and repair items lost or damaged due to flooding and not covered by…


The Upper Mississippi Waterway Association (UMWA)’s annual meeting was held Thursday, Sept. 22 in St. Paul, Minn. The Minnesota Soybean Growers Association was represented during the meeting, as I also serve as UMWA’s president.


Given recent heavy rains and flooding in southern Minnesota, grain buyers need to be reminded that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has policies related to flood-damaged grain. The FDA considers flood water to be inherently unsanitary and deems grains,…


Three metro area legislators made their way to the Minnesota Soybean Processors (MnSP) plant in Brewster, Minn., to get a hands-on look at what biodiesel and the soybean industry is all about.


The State of Minnesota, Minnesota soybean farmers and biodiesel producers won a complete dismissal Thursday in the lawsuit challenging the state’s biodiesel mandate. The decision by Chief Judge John Tunheim of the U.S. District Court in Minneapolis clears the road…


The highly invasive and aggressive weed, Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri), has been detected in conservation plantings in southwest Minnesota.


With parts of Minnesota already in full swing when it comes to harvest, the University of Minnesota (UMN) is encouraging farmers to take some time and send soybean samples from fields as they are harvested.


While weather and grain prices were on the minds of many, farmers stopping by the Minnesota Soybean booth during the Big Iron Show wanted to talk checkoff, membership and the issues facing agriculture. The Big Iron Farm Show, held annually…


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