Ag Business Articles
MMPA Contracts with Edge Co-op
Published November 6, 2022
The Minnesota Milk Producers Association has contracted with Wisconsin-based Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative for administrative and program services. Previously, Midwest Dairy handled the administrative duties for MMPA. Lucas Sjostrom will remain as the MMPA executive director as part of the…Assessing the Herbicide Supply
Published November 4, 2022
Syngenta Crop Protection President Vern Hawkins expects to see improvements within the supply chain for the new sales year. "However, we know that there are a number of areas where constraints will still continue with some of that driven by…Fewer Product Shortages Expected
Published November 4, 2022
Supply chain headaches and product shortages were a reality this past year, but CHS President and CEO Jay Debertin does not anticipate similar problems for the 2023 growing season. "It is unpredictable, but we feel good today and given our…Cooperative Ventures Funds Its First Startup
Published November 4, 2022
A venture capital fund formed by CHS and GROWMARK has announced its first investment. Sabanto is a hardware and software company that is developing autonomous capabilities in tractors. Cooperative Ventures was founded a year ago to fund new technologies and…Corteva Updates Financials
Published November 4, 2022
Corteva experienced an after-tax net loss of $322 million in the third quarter. That compares to profits one year ago of $36 million. Seed sales increased five percent and crop protection sales rose 22 percent. For the first nine months…Potato Shipments Off to a Slow Start
Published November 4, 2022
U.S. fresh potato shipments totaled nearly 6.6 million hundredweight in October. That’s down more than six percent from last year. In the Red River Valley, wash plants shipped 255,000 hundredweight of potatoes last month. That’s 12,000 hundredweight less than one…Latest Bankruptcy Signals the Need to Indemnity Fund
Published November 4, 2022
The Minnesota Farmers Union is calling for the establishment of a grain indemnity fund in the 2023 legislative session. Global Processing Incorporated filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in late October and farmers who have not received payment for grain or…Anderson to Oversee SD Beef Checkoff
Published November 4, 2022
The South Dakota Beef Industry Council has a new executive director. Jodie Anderson, who was at the helm of the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association for 16 years, is now working on beef checkoff issues. Suzy Geppert, who is the previous…Lula Defeats Bolsonaro
Published November 3, 2022
Results of Brazil’s presidential election caused protests to break out and roadblocks were set up throughout the country. President Jair Bolsonaro lost the election by about two percentage points to former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Besides the short-term…