Ag Business Articles
MWRPC/MAWG Names New Executive Director
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The Minnesota Wheat Research and Promotion Council and Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers have named Brian Sorenson as their new executive director. Sorenson has been a program manager with Northern Crops Institute since 2018. Former Executive Director Charlie Vogel resigned…Fielding Questions
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In this edition of the Fielding Questions podcast, AgCountry Farm Credit Services Marketing Education Specialist Cody Didier discusses the March USDA crop reports. The Fielding Questions podcast is a joint project with AgCountry Farm Credit Services and the Red River…Community-Based Meat Processing
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A new meat processing facility at Waubun, Minnesota is expected to be up and running as soon as June. The project has been several years in the making. "We actually started this project in 2017; it was pre-COVID and my friend,…Seed Decisions Are Still Being Made
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Dekalb Brand Manager Jamie Horton says there may be a small decline in corn acres. "Certainly with commodity prices, folks are continuing to look at what's the ROI and putting pen to paper on some of those different decisions that…Gearing Up for Spring Fertilizer Season
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An early spring may offer an opportunity for farmers to consider different fertility options. "We had a really, really busy fall run this year and moved a lot of product in the fall and into early winter," said Brad Schultz, account…A Tool for Climate-Smart Farming
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Farmers and agronomists can now use their ATV and evaluate soil conditions at 20-to-30 miles per hour. EarthOptics has added remote sensing technologies with machine learning to create real-time data maps. In addition to information on fertility and soil moisture,…A Changing Business
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Retired SES Vanderhave Product Manager Mark Anfinrud has seen numerous changes in the sugarbeet industry over the past 30 years. "We're fortunate to have NDSU, the University of Minnesota and we've got awesome researchers at USDA in Fargo. They all…Wheat Farm Numbers Decline 40% in 20 Years
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The number of farms growing wheat has dropped significantly. According to USDA’s Economic Research Service, the number of wheat farms in the U.S. declined more than 40 percent since 2002. There were nearly 170,000 wheat farms in 2002 and just…New Seed Treatment for Cereal Crops
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A new bioinoculant seed treatment will be available to U.S. and Canadian spring wheat and durum farmers this season. Yalos was developed by Lavie Bio, which is a subsidiary of Evogene and Corteva Agriscience. Yalos uses a combination of two…