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Pork Checkoff Rolls Out Modernized PQA Plus
Published April 29, 2025
The National Pork Board is upgrading its Learning Management System and launching the newest version of Pork Quality Assurance Plus. "The content mainly remains the same for our producers and focuses on our We Care ethical principles, but Version 6…Fighting Fire with SoyFoam
Published April 29, 2025
Georgia-based Cross Plains Solutions has been making SoyFoam for firefighting for three years. Managing Partner Alan Snipes says what started as a training tool for fire departments has turned into an environmentally friendly and safer option for fighting fires. "During…Veteran Agweek Reporter/Columnist Passes
Published April 29, 2025
Longtime Agweek journalist Jonathan Knutson died after a long battle with cancer. Knutson spent 19 years as a business and agriculture reporter for the Fargo Forum and 15 years with Agweek. Knutson retired in 2021.1Q Turnaround for Yara
Published April 29, 2025
The fertilizer company, Yara International, reports first quarter net income of $295 million. That’s up from $16 million in the same period last year. The combination of cost reduction programs and a tighter nitrogen market helped the bottomline.Focused on Soybean Research and Promotion
Published April 29, 2025
George Goblish, Vesta, has been elected to his first term on the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council. Goblish succeeds Gene Stoel, Lake Wilson, who was on the Council for 18 years. Goblish joins MSRPC veterans Tom Frisch, Gail Donkers,…MN Corn Checkoff Board Members Reeelected
Published April 29, 2025
Three farmers have been reelected to the Minnesota Corn Research and Promotion Council. Three-year terms will be served by Jordan Goblish of Vesta, Gary Prescher of Delevan and Chad Willis of Willmar.Four MN FFA’ers Named Stars
Published April 29, 2025
The Star Farmer is McKade Tewes of Jackson County Central. Willian Bastian of Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop FFA is the Star in Production, and the Star in Agriculture, Food and Natural Resource Sciences is Marin Knott of Tracy Area FFA. The Star in…Charges Dropped
Published April 29, 2025
USDA has dropped criminal charges against a South Dakota ranching family. Charles and Heather Maude were notified just over a year ago about a fence on U.S. Forest Service property. Within months, the couple was facing indictments over the theft…NCI Announces Key Hires
Published April 29, 2025
Fargo-based Northern Crops Institute is at full staffing levels. Dr. Fatemeh Zare has been a NCI food scientist for three years and has been promoted to technical manager. Sam Wagner is a new processing technologist and Deepa Pradhan is a…