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GOP Proposing $15 Billion Relief Package

Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Chair John Hoeven, Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman and House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson are reportedly working on a $15 billion farm assistance package. Boozman said there is a need for additional assistance. “After…

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Lindberg: Trade Deals Deliver New Market Access

United States Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Luke Lindberg says recent trade agreements are opening new doors for U.S. farmers and ranchers, following a trade mission to Malaysia. Lindberg said the trip focused on turning…

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Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act Signed into Law

Whole milk and reduced-fat milk options will now be available in schools. President Donald Trump signed the bill on Wednesday, surrounded by dairy-state lawmakers and dairy farm families. “I’m delighted to sign the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act into…

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House Dems Introduce Farm and Family Relief Act

House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig has unveiled a legislative framework for farm relief. Craig said the proposal would make farmers 65 percent whole. “We can’t cover the full losses of this administration; they have been too tremendous,” said…

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Suspended USDA Funding Impacts MDA

When Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins suspended $129 million in USDA grants to Minnesota. SNAP was a target. Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen said farmers are seeing the impact, including early indications that funding for avian influenza testing was affected. After…

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Small Changes Surface in Farm Real Estate Sales

The farmland market is resilient despite low commodity prices and higher interest rates. Farmers National Company Area Sales Manager Troy Swee sees one major change. “If you go back to the high of 2022 and 2023, the number of buyers…

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Tractor, Combine Sales Take a Hit

With a tight farm economy, sales of tractors and combines have plummeted. According to the latest data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, overall tractor sales were down ten percent in 2025. Four-wheel drive tractors took the biggest hit, down…

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  • IDFA Brings Keys to its Team
  • A Promotion for Zipperlen
  • GOP Proposing $15 Billion Relief Package
  • MN FSA Committee Appointed
  • A Leadership Change at APHIS
  • Corteva Wants Hearing Delay
  • Dahlman Named MCIA Executive Director
  • All Latest News

IDFA Brings Keys to its Team

Chelsie Keys is the new senior vice president of government relations for the International Dairy Foods Association. For the past ten years, the Minnesota native was on the Republican staff for the Senate Agriculture Committee. Most recently, as the committee’s…

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A Promotion for Zipperlen

Kristin Zipperlen has been promoted to senior manager of stakeholder media for the National Pork Board. Zipperlen has been on the Pork Checkoff staff for nearly five years.

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GOP Proposing $15 Billion Relief Package

Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Chair John Hoeven, Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman and House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson are reportedly working on a $15 billion farm assistance package. Boozman said there is a need for additional assistance. “After…

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MN FSA Committee Appointed

Five individuals have been appointed to the Minnesota Farm Service Agency State Committee. Randolph farmer Charles Radman will chair the committee. The members of the committee also include Jim Kukowski of Strathcona, Jason May of Rush City, Pamela Kay Uhlenkamp…

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A Leadership Change at APHIS

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator Dr.Michael Watson will retire at the end of the month. Chief Veterinary Officer and deputy administrator for veterinary services, Dr. Rosemary Sifford, is another recent retiree. Kelly Moore will serve as acting…

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Corteva Wants Hearing Delay

Corteva is asking the federal courts to push back an October court date for an antitrust lawsuit. The case alleges Corteva and Syngenta used a crop loyalty program for distributors to limit the sale of generic crop protection products. The…

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Dahlman Named MCIA Executive Director

Duane Dahlman is the new executive director of the Minnesota Crop Improvement Association. Most recently, Dahlman was an ag production supervisor with Seneca Foods. Before that, he was a co-owner of Dahlman Farms/Dahlco Seeds. Dahlman had been serving as the…

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  • Lindberg: Trade Deals Deliver New Market Access
  • Small Changes Surface in Farm Real Estate Sales
  • A Record Week for Ethanol Production
  • Cattle Country Conversations
  • High Yields Fail to Offset Low Prices
  • Napoleon Livestock Opens Calendar Year with Record-Setting Sale
  • China Posts Record Trade Surplus
  • All Markets

Lindberg: Trade Deals Deliver New Market Access

United States Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Luke Lindberg says recent trade agreements are opening new doors for U.S. farmers and ranchers, following a trade mission to Malaysia. Lindberg said the trip focused on turning…

Read More

Small Changes Surface in Farm Real Estate Sales

The farmland market is resilient despite low commodity prices and higher interest rates. Farmers National Company Area Sales Manager Troy Swee sees one major change. “If you go back to the high of 2022 and 2023, the number of buyers…

Read More

A Record Week for Ethanol Production

Ethanol production for the week ending January 9 was a record-breaker. According to the Energy Information Administration, an average of 1.19 million barrels of ethanol were produced per day. That shatters the previous record by 65,000 barrels per day.

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Cattle Country Conversations

The schedule is filled with bull and bred female sales at this time of the year. In RRFN’s Cattle Country Conversations, American Angus Association Field Rep Andrew Swanson offers insight into the maternal and carcass traits that are in high…

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High Yields Fail to Offset Low Prices

Good yields in 2025 were overshadowed by weak commodity prices. “It has been a crazy year and part of my concern is we had good yields this year, but we just didn’t have the price,” said Betsy Jensen, farm business…

Read More

Napoleon Livestock Opens Calendar Year with Record-Setting Sale

The first sale of the year is often a big one for Napoleon Livestock and Co-Owner Jim Bitz says this year was no different. “We ended up with like 6,200 head last week and the market was strong from beginning…

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China Posts Record Trade Surplus

Despite the U.S. tariff strategy, China posted a record trade surplus in 2025. Imports remained flat, while exports rose 5.5 percent for the full year. That brought China’s trade surplus to $1.2 trillion.

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  • IDFA Brings Keys to its Team
  • A Promotion for Zipperlen
  • MN FSA Committee Appointed
  • A Leadership Change at APHIS
  • Corteva Wants Hearing Delay
  • Dahlman Named MCIA Executive Director
  • NAFB Welcomes Cindy Cunningham
  • All Ag Business

IDFA Brings Keys to its Team

Chelsie Keys is the new senior vice president of government relations for the International Dairy Foods Association. For the past ten years, the Minnesota native was on the Republican staff for the Senate Agriculture Committee. Most recently, as the committee’s…

Read More

A Promotion for Zipperlen

Kristin Zipperlen has been promoted to senior manager of stakeholder media for the National Pork Board. Zipperlen has been on the Pork Checkoff staff for nearly five years.

Read More

MN FSA Committee Appointed

Five individuals have been appointed to the Minnesota Farm Service Agency State Committee. Randolph farmer Charles Radman will chair the committee. The members of the committee also include Jim Kukowski of Strathcona, Jason May of Rush City, Pamela Kay Uhlenkamp…

Read More

A Leadership Change at APHIS

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator Dr.Michael Watson will retire at the end of the month. Chief Veterinary Officer and deputy administrator for veterinary services, Dr. Rosemary Sifford, is another recent retiree. Kelly Moore will serve as acting…

Read More

Corteva Wants Hearing Delay

Corteva is asking the federal courts to push back an October court date for an antitrust lawsuit. The case alleges Corteva and Syngenta used a crop loyalty program for distributors to limit the sale of generic crop protection products. The…

Read More

Dahlman Named MCIA Executive Director

Duane Dahlman is the new executive director of the Minnesota Crop Improvement Association. Most recently, Dahlman was an ag production supervisor with Seneca Foods. Before that, he was a co-owner of Dahlman Farms/Dahlco Seeds. Dahlman had been serving as the…

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NAFB Welcomes Cindy Cunningham

The National Association of Farm Broadcasting has named Cindy Cunningham as its industry engagement director. Cunningham is a 35-year member of NAFB. Most recently, Cunningham was managing supervisor at Woodruff. She spent 19 years as assistant vice president of communications…

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  • Fall Fertilizer Application Restrictions Map Updated
  • High Yields Fail to Offset Low Prices
  • Wiersma: Do Not Cut Nitrogen Despite Tight Margins
  • Strong 2025 Sunflower Crop Sets Up Growth Heading Into 2026
  • Property Taxes Dominate Early Conversations as South Dakota Legislature Convenes
  • Farmer-Driven Research
  • Addressing CRW with Durastak
  • All Crops

Fall Fertilizer Application Restrictions Map Updated

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has updated its Fall Nitrogen Fertilizer Application Restrictions Map. This is part of the state’s groundwater protection rule. Much of the state has restrictions. The exceptions are northwest Minnesota, which has a climate exemption, and…

Read More

High Yields Fail to Offset Low Prices

Good yields in 2025 were overshadowed by weak commodity prices. “It has been a crazy year and part of my concern is we had good yields this year, but we just didn’t have the price,” said Betsy Jensen, farm business…

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Wiersma: Do Not Cut Nitrogen Despite Tight Margins

University of Minnesota Extension Small Grains Specialist Jochum Wiersma encouraged growers not to cut back on nitrogen despite tight margins. Speaking at the Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers Small Grains Update at the University of Minnesota in Crookston. Wiersma said…

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Strong 2025 Sunflower Crop Sets Up Growth Heading Into 2026

NDSU Extension recently hosted their Getting It Right: Sunflowers webinar, and National Sunflower Association Executive Director John Sandbakken kicked things off with a review of the 2025 year in sunflowers. “Overall, think sunflower crop here in the US and Canada…

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Property Taxes Dominate Early Conversations as South Dakota Legislature Convenes

The South Dakota Legislative sessions are underway. South Dakota Farm Bureau Executive Director Krystil Smit says property taxes have been the big talking point in the weeks leading up to the sessions. “The big talk in South Dakota is definitely…

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Farmer-Driven Research

Estelline, South Dakota, farmer Jerry Runia is a member of the state’s Nutrient Education and Research Council. Runia represents the South Dakota Farm Bureau on that board. “That program researches nutrients by taking the 50-cent tax that’s on fertilizer so,…

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Addressing CRW with Durastak

Syngenta expects to bring its Durastak seed trait to market in 2027. Syngenta Head of Technical Data Bruce Battles is excited about this new corn rootworm control. “I’ve had a chance to touch and play with this trait in our…

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  • Fall Fertilizer Application Restrictions Map Updated
  • HPAI Testing Continues
  • Suspended USDA Funding Impacts MDA
  • Three Individuals Reelected to Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative Board
  • Cattle Country Conversations
  • Napoleon Livestock Opens Calendar Year with Record-Setting Sale
  • Property Taxes Dominate Early Conversations as South Dakota Legislature Convenes
  • All Livestock

Fall Fertilizer Application Restrictions Map Updated

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has updated its Fall Nitrogen Fertilizer Application Restrictions Map. This is part of the state’s groundwater protection rule. Much of the state has restrictions. The exceptions are northwest Minnesota, which has a climate exemption, and…

Read More

HPAI Testing Continues

There were reports that Minnesota’s avian testing was impacted by USDA’s suspension of grants in the state, but the federal government has provided assurances that no high path programs will be affected. “There have been a few nuanced issues that we…

Read More

Suspended USDA Funding Impacts MDA

When Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins suspended $129 million in USDA grants to Minnesota. SNAP was a target. Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen said farmers are seeing the impact, including early indications that funding for avian influenza testing was affected. After…

Read More

Three Individuals Reelected to Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative Board

Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative has reelected three dairy farmers to its board of directors. They are Michael Crinion of Ash Grove Dairy in Lake Benton, Minnesota; Heidi Fischer of Fischer-Clark Dairy Farm in Hatley, Wisconsin and Josh Meissner of Norm-E-Lane…

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Cattle Country Conversations

The schedule is filled with bull and bred female sales at this time of the year. In RRFN’s Cattle Country Conversations, American Angus Association Field Rep Andrew Swanson offers insight into the maternal and carcass traits that are in high…

Read More

Napoleon Livestock Opens Calendar Year with Record-Setting Sale

The first sale of the year is often a big one for Napoleon Livestock and Co-Owner Jim Bitz says this year was no different. “We ended up with like 6,200 head last week and the market was strong from beginning…

Read More

Property Taxes Dominate Early Conversations as South Dakota Legislature Convenes

The South Dakota Legislative sessions are underway. South Dakota Farm Bureau Executive Director Krystil Smit says property taxes have been the big talking point in the weeks leading up to the sessions. “The big talk in South Dakota is definitely…

Read More
  • GOP Proposing $15 Billion Relief Package
  • Lindberg: Trade Deals Deliver New Market Access
  • Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act Signed into Law
  • A Multifaceted Approach Needed to Address Farm Economy
  • HPAI Testing Continues
  • House Dems Introduce Farm and Family Relief Act
  • Suspended USDA Funding Impacts MDA
  • All Policy

GOP Proposing $15 Billion Relief Package

Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Chair John Hoeven, Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman and House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson are reportedly working on a $15 billion farm assistance package. Boozman said there is a need for additional assistance. “After…

Read More

Lindberg: Trade Deals Deliver New Market Access

United States Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Luke Lindberg says recent trade agreements are opening new doors for U.S. farmers and ranchers, following a trade mission to Malaysia. Lindberg said the trip focused on turning…

Read More

Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act Signed into Law

Whole milk and reduced-fat milk options will now be available in schools. President Donald Trump signed the bill on Wednesday, surrounded by dairy-state lawmakers and dairy farm families. “I’m delighted to sign the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act into…

Read More

A Multifaceted Approach Needed to Address Farm Economy

The farm financial situation overshadowed many of the discussions at the American Farm Bureau Federation Convention. Minnesota Farm Bureau President Dan Glessing doesn’t see an easy fix. “From an organizational standpoint, we’re looking at a multifaceted approach, whether that’s more trade…

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HPAI Testing Continues

There were reports that Minnesota’s avian testing was impacted by USDA’s suspension of grants in the state, but the federal government has provided assurances that no high path programs will be affected. “There have been a few nuanced issues that we…

Read More

House Dems Introduce Farm and Family Relief Act

House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig has unveiled a legislative framework for farm relief. Craig said the proposal would make farmers 65 percent whole. “We can’t cover the full losses of this administration; they have been too tremendous,” said…

Read More

Suspended USDA Funding Impacts MDA

When Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins suspended $129 million in USDA grants to Minnesota. SNAP was a target. Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen said farmers are seeing the impact, including early indications that funding for avian influenza testing was affected. After…

Read More

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