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Northern Soy Marketing (NSM), a farmer-led board comprising the soybean checkoff boards of Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Minnesota, is sending a cohort of farmers and industry experts to Indonesia, March 2-9, 2024.   The delegation includes Minnesota Soybean…


Commodity Classic has established a reputation for connecting industry, farmers and state and national organizations to get a closer look at agriculture’s latest innovations and initiatives. This year’s Commodity Classic brought Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council (MSR&PC) leaders to…


For Lincoln County farmer Joel Schreurs, earning a position on the U.S. Soybean Export Council’s (USSEC) Executive Committee is another notch on his leadership belt and puts his expertise on agricultural trade to good use. “I have been a longtime…


Minnesota was well represented at the United Soybean Board’s (USB) first meeting of 2024, as the organization began planning its budgetary priorities for fiscal year 2025 during a gathering of directors and state executives in Louisville, Ky. “This is the…


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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has unveiled the results of the 2022 Census of Agriculture, spanning more than 6 million data points about Minnesota and the nation’s farms and ranches and the people who…


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A newly released Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) found the U.S. soybean industry’s global warming potential (GWP) profile decreased considerably in 2021 for whole soybeans, soybean meal, and soy oil compared to previously reported findings in 2015 and 2010. Commissioned by…


Directors from the Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council (MSR&PC) and Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) assembled in Mankato on Feb. 13 to hear and discuss research proposals for fiscal year 2024. After reviewing the research proposals in January, the…


The application deadline for Class XIII of the Minnesota Agriculture and Rural Leadership (MARL) program is March 31, 2024. Program Executive Director Brad Schloesser is anticipating another outstanding group of ag leaders when the class kicks off its 22-month cohort…