Articles tagged under: Bob Bergland

CHS CEO Talks Ag Economy, Readiness at Bergland Lecture Series

Published March 31, 2025

The second of the University of Minnesota's Bob Bergland Lecture Series, honoring the late, great Ag Secretary, was held last week at the Crookston campus. Guest speaker and CHS President and CEO Jay Debertin spoke about the current state of…
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Jimmy Carter Dead at 100

Published December 30, 2024

The peanut farmer who went on to serve as president, Jimmy Carter, has died. At 100 years of age, Carter was the longest living past president in U.S. history. Carter was raised on the family farm near Plains, Georgia during…
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UMC to Host Bergland Lecture Series

Published November 27, 2024

The University of Minnesota-Crookston is launching the Bergland Lecture Series to promote new ideas to enhance agriculture and rural communities. This program is named for Bob Bergland, who served as the agriculture secretary during the Carter Administration and served in…
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500,000+ Farms Lost Since ’81

Published February 16, 2024

Farm policy went through a noteworthy change in the 1970s. Rather than managing supply, the focus was put on maximizing productivity and exporting that production around the world. At the USDA Ag Outlook Forum, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack shared a…
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Agriculture Loses a True Statesman

Published December 10, 2018

Bob Bergland, 90, who was agriculture secretary in the Jimmy Carter Administration, died Sunday. Bergland farmed at Roseau, Minnesota, served in Congress from 1971-to-1977 and was a member of the cabinet during Carter’s four years in office. That was a…
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