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New State Veterinarian Ready to Tackle Avian Influenza
Published September 29, 2022
The new Minnesota Board of Animal Health Executive Director and state veterinarian Dr. Marion Garcia is on her second week of the job. Garcia started earlier than expected, right as the fall outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza started picking…A Three-Ring Harvest Circus
Published September 29, 2022
Mitchell, South Dakota farmer Chet Edinger is managing what he calls a three-ring circus. "We wanted to have one crew on sunflowers, another on soybeans and one planting wheat, but the sunflowers were still wet. We swapped that machine over…USDA Offers New Fertilizer Grants
Published September 29, 2022
The USDA is offering $500 million in grants to try and increase domestic fertilizer production. In Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack’s address to the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, Vilsack said the agency is now accepting applications by independent…Good Quality Navy Beans
Published September 29, 2022
Buffalo, North Dakota farmer Randy Melvin was hauling in loads of navy beans to the elevator this week.The navies have been better than expected. "The quality looks great. Moisture ranges from 15-to-17 percent." It will be a few more weeks…Sugarbeet Harvest Campaign Delayed
Published September 29, 2022
Pre-pile sugarbeet harvest started a week ago for East Grand Forks, Minnesota farmer David Thompson. "It's been going well so far." Sugar content was described as "okay" ahead of the full sugarbeet harvest campaign. That effort was scheduled to begin…Search Underway for a New National Corn CEO
Published September 29, 2022
A search committee is starting the process of finding a new CEO for the National Corn Growers Association. According to the NCGA, a decision is expected by late winter or spring of 2023.Doggett Winds Down NCGA Career
Published September 29, 2022
At the end of the calendar year, National Corn Growers Association CEO Jon Doggett will retire. Many things have changed in the 20 years Doggett’s been at NCGA, including the politics in Washington D.C. "That's one of the reasons I'm…EPA Decides Not to Regulate Pesticide Seed Treatments
Published September 29, 2022
Agricultural groups, including the American Soybean Association, wanted the EPA to deny a petition that would have required more regulation. "It would have had significantly catastrophic results for America's farmers and the environment," said Kyle Kunkler, director of government affairs,…Construction Wraps Up for Milbank, SD RNG Project
Published September 29, 2022
Denver-based Biogest America has completed construction of an agricultural biogas plant near Milbank, South Dakota. This facility will collect cow manure from Boadwine Dairy and Mill Valley Dairy for energy production. Once completed, the biogas will be converted into renewable…