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MFBF Minute

Published January 31, 2023

Minnesota Farm Bureau is establishing a new ag. program called the Agriculture Leadership Network. Minnesota Farm Bureau Leadership Coordinator Rachael Peterson has more details in the latest Minnesota Farm Bureau Minute.
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MN Specialty Crop Grants Open

Published January 31, 2023

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has announced that applications for the 2023 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program are now open. Applications will remain open through March 13, 2023. Applicants are able to request between $20,000 and $125,000 with the Minnesota…
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Johnson Applauds Cattle Library Program

Published January 31, 2023

The Cattle Contract Library Pilot Program launched Tuesday through the USDA. South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson introduced the Cattle Contract Library Act in 2021 to increase transparency in the cattle market. Johnson called the program “a step in the right…
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CR+ Delivering Extra Protection

Published January 31, 2023

Positive results were seen in Betaseed’s first season with its cercospora tolerance trait in the American Crystal market. Regional Sales Manager Lynn Dusek  says this is an important trait. "Fungicides are becoming more tolerant to cercospora and the resistant genes…
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Cattle Inventory Down Three Percent

Published January 31, 2023

The U.S. cattle inventory totaled 89.3 million had on January one, three percent below one year ago. Beef cow numbers were down four percent while the number of dairy cows was up slightly. The USDA survey is conducted each January…
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Posthumous Honors for Schatzke

Published January 31, 2023

Jason Schatzke was posthumously named the American Sugarbeet Growers Association Sugarbeet Producer of the Year. The Wheatland, North Dakota was a member of the ASGA and Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association boards. Schatzke died in a car accident in…
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ASGA Officers Re-elected

Published January 31, 2023

American Sugarbeet Growers Association President Nate Hultgren of Raymond, Minnesota was re-elected to a second term. ASGA Vice President Neil Rockstad of Ada, Minnesota was also re-elected.
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A Threat to National Security

Published January 31, 2023

The U.S. Air Force considers the proposed Fufeng corn wet milling project in Grand Forks to be “a significant threat to national security.” The Fufeng Group is a Chinese-owned food manufacturing company that purchased 370 acres of land 12 miles…
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