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Crop Insurance Remains a Priority

Published July 3, 2022

The House Agriculture Committee is in the process of reviewing the current farm programs and preparing for the 2023 farm bill debate. Minnesota Representative Michelle Fischbach continues to hear from farmers about the importance of crop insurance. "We've got issues with…

Ag Innovation Campus Construction is Underway

Published June 27, 2022

The first phase of the Crookston campus construction project will continue all summer. "The workers are assembling the building for processing," says Mike Skaug, board chair, Ag Innovation Campus. "Once the building is assembled, a crew will come in to…

Pioneer Agronomy Update

Published June 19, 2022

Farmers near Dorothy, Minnesota are close to having all of the crops planted. Black River Ag owner Luke Forness says they made good progress ahead of the rain. "Farmers are mostly done with planting." Getting ahead of the weeds is…

Crop Watch

Published June 19, 2022

Crop conditions vary in the Crookston, Minnesota area. Keviin Capistran says the farm fared fairly well but there are trouble spots. "The first stuff in didn't look bad, but the wheat seeded in the middle, that's where we're seeing water…

Navigating the New Disaster Program

Published June 17, 2022

Many Northern Plains farmers are finding the new disaster relief program easy to use with timely payments, but others are navigating hiccups in the program. One challenge in the first phase of Emergency Relief Program deals with payment limits. The…

Farmers Receive Emergency Relief Program Payments

Published June 17, 2022

Two weeks into the new Farm Service Agency Emergency Relief Program, crop farmers in the Northern Plains are receiving phase one payments. As of June 13, the FSA paid out $366 million to North Dakota farmers. More than $161 million…

Elevator at Duluth-Superior Port to be Reactivated

Published June 15, 2022

The Hansen-Mueller Company, a grain company based in Nebraska, acquired the General Mills Elevator A in Duluth, Minnesota. The GM grain elevator has not been in service since 2015. Hansen-Mueller plans to bring the facility back in operation in time…

New CHS Grain Facility at Erskine

Published June 14, 2022

CHS is beginning construction in July on a new state-of-the-art grain facility at Erskine, Minnesota. Once completed in the fall of 2023, there will be 1.25 million bushels of additional storage. "There will be significantly improved unloading and loading equipment…

Early Season Weed Management

Published June 14, 2022

East Grand Forks, Minnesota farmer Matt Krueger is focused on weed control. "I'm trying to get pre-emergence herbicides applied on the sunflowers to control the weeds and also some soybean fields that are already hairy. There's windy conditions we have…

Dicamba Application Cutoff Deadlines Coming Up

Published June 10, 2022

For farmers south of I-94, the over-the-top dicamba application cutoff date has passed in Minnesota. Minnesota Soybean’s Drift Task Force Chairman Bob Worth says the Minnesota Ag Department could not extend the application cutoff date because EPA took away the…

Articles tagged under: Minnesota

Crop Insurance Remains a Priority

Ag Innovation Campus Construction is Underway

Pioneer Agronomy Update

Crop Watch

Navigating the New Disaster Program

Farmers Receive Emergency Relief Program Payments

Elevator at Duluth-Superior Port to be Reactivated

New CHS Grain Facility at Erskine

Early Season Weed Management

Dicamba Application Cutoff Deadlines Coming Up

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