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Improvements Approved for MN State Fair
The Minnesota State Fair board of managers has approved nearly $20 million in fairground improvements for 2019. Improvements will include upgrading the stalling and technology in the swine barn. Kay Cady, who is the retired executive director of the Minnesota…
Minnesota Ag Peer Group Explores Ecuador
There’s a need for more young leaders in agriculture. That’s why the Minnesota Farm Bureau, Minnesota Wheat, Minnesota Corn Growers Association, Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council and Your Source of Growth Fund are making an investment in a new…
AgCountry Marketing Day to Focus on Navigating Crosswinds
The AgCountry Farm Credit Services Marketing Day 2019 will be Wednesday at the Holiday Inn in Fargo. AgCountry Vice-President of Insurance and Commodity Marketing Education Rob Fronning says the entire day is focused on navigating the crosswinds of agriculture. "Elaine Kub…
Precision Planting Conference Features the Latest and Greatest
The Precision Planting Winter Conference took place in Fargo, with where the latest products and technology were featured. "It's amazing. You look at a planter and think just about everything imaginable has been added," says Beau Jacobson of Premium Ag…
Enlist 3 Soybeans and Qrome Corn Coming to Market
Corteva Agriscience is making Enlist E3 soybeans and Qrome corn commercially available for the 2019 growing season. Enlist 3 soybeans are a triple-stack trait with tolerance to 2,4-D, glyphosate and glufosinate. In addition to the United States, Enlist 3 soybeans…
Zolera FX Now Available for Wheat
Zolera FX fungicide, which has been used in corn and soybeans, will now be available for wheat. The fungicide can be used early season and at flag leaf to control stripe rust, leaf rust, spot blotch and Septoria leaf blotch.…
MTGA Hires Ag Program Specialist
The Minnesota Turkey Growers Association has hired Pam Debele as its ag program specialist and membership coordinator. Most recently, Debele worked for the 4-H program in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Before that, Debele was on the staff of the Minnesota Farm Bureau…
Center for Rural Policy and Development Has New Chair
Steve Wenzel of Little Falls has been elected chairman of the board for the Center for Rural Policy and Development. Wenzel was in the Minnesota State Legislature from 1972-to-2001 and was the Minnesota state director of rural development from 2001-to-2009.
ND Man Slated for Federal Court
The Trump Administration is advancing six nominees for the federal court, including Peter Welte of the Vogel Law Firm in Grand Forks. Welte graduate from North Dakota State University with an agricultural economics degree and the University of North Dakota…
