SD Corn Comments
In South Dakota Corn Comments, Sioux Valley FFA member Carson Wosje talks about FFA and the upcoming convention Click here.
Ag Business Articles
Dry Bean Scene
In the latest Dry Bean Scene, Northarvest Bean Growers Association Executive Director Mitch Coulter says the dry bean market has been under pressure from geopolitical pressures. Domestic markets have also been influenced by changes to government food aid programs. Click…
Appointments Made to National Potato Promotion Board
USDA has announced the appointment of 24 members to serve on the National Potato Promotion Board. Three-year terms will be served by James Corneillie of Williams, Minnesota; Sander Dagen of Karlstad, Minnesota and Justin Kyllo of Larimore, North Dakota. Leah…
UM Seeks Funding for New St. Paul Campus Center
A new St. Paul Campus Center is included in the University of Minnesota's capital investment request for the State Legislature. A bill being heard in the Legislature is seeking $84 million. The project is expected to cost $126 million, with…
Contract Ratified
Union workers at one of the country’s largest beef processing plants have ratified a new two-year contract. The strike at the JBS plant in Greeley, Colorado, lasted three weeks, ending nearly a week ago when both sides agreed to return…
Trump: Watching Fertilizer Prices Closely
Agriculture was addressed in one of President Donald Trump’s numerous social media posts over the weekend. Trump said he is watching fertilizer prices closely. In his words, ‘the United States will not accept price gouging from the fertilizer monopoly.’ Agriculture…
Beet Stock Values
As the American Crystal Sugar Company beet stock season starts to wind down, demand for stock has decreased. Acres & Shares broker, Jayson Menke, told RRFN, 146 shares were brokered last week for an average price of $4,099.14 per share…
CFTC Ag Advisory Panel Appointed
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has relaunched its agricultural advisory committee. Thirty-seven individuals were appointed, including USDA Chief Economist Dr. Justin Benavidez, National Pork Producers Council CEO Bryan Humphreys, U.S. Cattlemen’s Association President Justin Tupper, and Huron, South Dakota farmer…
A Labor Deal for Greeley Beef Plant
A tentative labor agreement has been reached between JBS and the union representing workers at the beef plant in Greeley, Colorado. The deal was reached after a three-week strike at the Swift Beef plant. Terms of the agreement were not…
From Advocacy to the Barn
Lucas Sjostrom is now an account manager for Specialty Herd Solutions, a California-based company focusing on hoof health and labor efficiency. Sjostrom started with Minnesota/Milk and Midwest Dairy ten years and took over as its executive director in 2017. In…
