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Minnesota: The Place for Dairy

Published January 22, 2019

The pace of growth for the dairy industry in California, Idaho and Texas is slowing. Minnesota Milk Producers Association Executive Director Lucas Sjostrom testified before the House Agriculture Committee Tuesday, highlighting the opportunities in the Upper Midwest. "Growth in places…

MN Lawmakers Focus on Dairy in Upcoming Hearing

Published January 18, 2019

Committee hearings are underway in the Minnesota legislature. House Ag, Food, Finance and Policy Committee Chair Jeanne Poppe says early discussions are focused around agricultural research training and the 2018 Farm Bill. There will be a committee hearing on the…

Getting North American Relations “Back to Normal”

Published October 2, 2018

Minnesota Milk Producers Association Executive Director Lucas Sjostrom expects Canada's Class 7 dairy pricing program to go away six months into the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. "If we can get relations normal so all of North America agrees, it will boil…

Northwest MN Dairy Farmers Lose a Market

Published May 25, 2018

Minnesota Milk Producers Association Executive Director Lucas Sjostrom says the closing of the Dean Foods/Land O’ Lakes milk processing plant in Thief River Falls is disappointing news for Minnesota dairy farmers. “It is quite a small plant. We'd love more…

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Minnesota: The Place for Dairy

MN Lawmakers Focus on Dairy in Upcoming Hearing

Getting North American Relations “Back to Normal”

Northwest MN Dairy Farmers Lose a Market

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