A Sense of Urgency

Wheaton, Minnesota farmer Jamie Beyer is serving her one-year appointment to the American Soybean Association executive committee. The one-year timeline creates a sense of urgency. “The issues aren’t new to anybody, yet it’s amazing how many federal government policies touch you on the farm from seed to harvest.” Making the numbers work in agriculture today remains the endgame. “We’re coming on our third year of agricultural losses, and looking to drive up some demand so we can get rid of some of that crop some of us are storing right now and have some optimism going into the new crop year.”