If you can bet on anything at the 2025 MN Ag Expo, place your highest bid on hearing from a top-notch speaker who knows a thing or two about auction prices. Greg Peterson, better known as “Machinery Pete,” will take the stage Jan.…
October 2, 2024
In late September 2024, the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) joined industry partners in submitting documents to EPA on its draft Insecticide Strategy, including a coalition comment letter and a grower/applicator petition, urging the agency to ensure the framework is…
October 2, 2024
It’s a hectic time of year for Minnesota soybean growers. Before the temperature drops and the snow starts falling, there are a lot of tasks on their to-do lists to set them up for success the following year – including…
October 1, 2024
Starbuck farmer Paul Freeman, a veteran of agriculture leadership, is serving his second term as a director with the Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council (MSR&PC). In his role on MSR&PC, Freeman is embracing the responsibility of directing checkoff funds…
October 1, 2024
Every farmer wishes that making on-farm decisions was as easy as flipping a coin, especially young and beginning farmers. Though it’ll never be as simple as choosing heads or tails, the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA), in partnership with Profinium,…
September 30, 2024
In the wide world of advocacy, one meeting often leads to another. In September 2024, Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) Executive Director Joe Smentek and Kim Nill, director of Market Development with the Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council (MSR&PC),…
September 26, 2024
As a longtime farmer leader, Callaway farmer Bill Zurn has seen for himself over more than a quarter-century of service how soy checkoff investments continue boosting farmer profitability. Prior to the 2024 harvest, Zurn discussed his operation and his excitement…
September 26, 2024
