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Federal Appeals Court Rejects Stay on Chlorpyrifos

Published March 17, 2022

A federal appeals court rejected a move by agricultural groups to stay the EPA’s ban of chlorpyrifos. In a statement, the coalition of ag groups pursing the effort, including the American Sugarbeet Growers Association and American Soybean Association, said they…

Chlorpyrifos Ban Takes Effect

Published February 25, 2022

The Environmental Protection Agency will deny all objections and requests to stay its ban on chlorpyrifos. That puts the fate of the insecticide to be determined by the courts. Earlier this month, 20 agricultural groups said they would sue the…

Agriculture Groups Sue EPA Over Chlorpyrifos Ban

Published February 10, 2022

Twenty agricultural groups are suing the EPA for denying the use of chlorpyrifos. Northern soybean, sugarbeet and wheat producers are part of the litigation. The groups are seeking an injunction of a rule that will take effect at the end…

Hultgren, Rockstad Lead ASGA

Published February 6, 2022

Nate Hultgren of Raymond, Minnesota was unanimously elected president of the American Sugarbeet Growers Association. Hultgren also chairs the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative and succeeds Dan Younggren of Hallock, Minnesota. Neil Rockstad of Ada, Minnesota was elected ASGA vice…

Navigating Farm Policy in 2022

Published February 4, 2022

The past year was a time of significant change for farm policy. American Sugarbeet Growers Association Executive Vice President Luther Markwart says there is a lot of work to do. "How do the disruptions impact the domestic sugar industry and…

Wiesemeyer: Washington D.C. is Dysfunctional

Published February 1, 2022

ProFarmer Washington analyst Jim Wiesemeyer caught the attention of the farmers attending the American Sugarbeet Growers Association annual meeting. "I told attendees Washington is more dysfunctional than what they see and got a few gasps from the audience, but that's…

Building Coalitions

Published January 31, 2022

Raymond, Minnesota farmer Nate Hultgren is the incoming president of the American Sugarbeet Growers Association. Hultgren says one of his priorities is developing agriculture partnerships to get the next farm bill passed. "The sugarbeet industry has been successful, but I…

The Work Got Done

Published January 31, 2022

American Sugarbeet Growers Association President Dan Younggren said it's been a successful two-year run, despite many challenges. "I hope no other president has to go through a 100 year pandemic like I did, but the work got done," said the…

Year in Review: Names in the News

Published January 3, 2022

Leadership changes were seen during the past year. Kevin Paap decided not to seek re-election for Minnesota Farm Bureau President and Waverly, Minnesota farmer Dan Glessing was elected to the leadership role. In 2021, Kimball, Minnesota cattle farmer Don Schiefelbein…

No Chlorpyrifos Means Root Maggots Will Be Harder to Control

Published October 21, 2021

More than 80 agriculture groups filed formal objections to the EPA’s rule to revoke all tolerances of chlorpyrifos. By objecting to these changes, the EPA Administrator must respond. "At a moment's notice, it seems like EPA wants to pull the…

Articles tagged under: American Sugarbeet Growers Association

Federal Appeals Court Rejects Stay on Chlorpyrifos

Chlorpyrifos Ban Takes Effect

Agriculture Groups Sue EPA Over Chlorpyrifos Ban

Hultgren, Rockstad Lead ASGA

Navigating Farm Policy in 2022

Wiesemeyer: Washington D.C. is Dysfunctional

Building Coalitions

The Work Got Done

Year in Review: Names in the News

No Chlorpyrifos Means Root Maggots Will Be Harder to Control

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