The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) has been receiving reports of residents receiving unsolicited packages of seeds appearing to come from China. Officials in other states, including Louisiana, Utah, Virginia and Washington, have reported similar situations. Any Minnesotan receiving a…
July 28, 2020
Coming off one unique year and heading into another, North Dakota farmer Mike Langseth was reelected chair of Northern Soy Marketing, LLC, on Thursday during the organization’s board meeting. The meeting was held in a virtual format due to the…
July 24, 2020
Larry Johnson, a renowned figure in Minnesota’s renewable fuel movement, died on July 19. Johnson was known as the “Ethanol Answer Man,” and was a leading authority on renewable fuels. During his career, he traveled across Minnesota, the U.S. and…
July 22, 2020
The soy checkoff’s latest collaboration brought Qualified State Soybean Boards (QSSBs) together to maximize the results of checkoff-funded research projects in the most effective way possible: bringing the findings to farmers. The redesigned Soybean Research & Information Network (SRIN) website…
July 20, 2020
Two years after the Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council (MSR&PC) embarked upon a See For Yourself Mission to Chile, the South American country is reporting its soybean imports from the U.S. increased during the first part of 2020. “It’s…
July 9, 2020
University of Minnesota Extension and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach are collaborating to provide another series of short, timely, and topic-specific webinars for farmers, ag professionals, Extension personnel and other interested parties for two weeks in July. The “Essential…
July 7, 2020
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed a proclamation designating the week of June 22 as National Pollinator Week. Administrator Wheeler is the first EPA administrator to sign such a proclamation – joining leadership from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), the USDA,…
June 25, 2020
