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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…A New CFO for Bayer Crop Science
Published April 29, 2025
Guru Ramamurthy will become the new Chief Financial Officer for Bayer’s Crop Science division. He will succeed Oliver Rittgen who has decided to pursue a career opportunity outside of Bayer after 25 years with the company. In his current role,…Remembering the Man Behind the Message
Published April 29, 2025
A respected voice in agricultural communications and an advocate for the pork industry has passed away. Charles ‘Charlie’ Harness, 90, died April 25 at a hospital in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. In the mid-1960s, Harness served as the media relations manager…Craig Announces Senate Run
Published April 29, 2025
House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig is running for the U.S. Senate. Craig has been in Congress since 2019 in a swing district that covers most of the southern Twin Cities suburbs and rural areas to the southwest. This…A UAS Milestone
Published April 29, 2025
A new radar site in Grand Forks is now live, expanding the beyond-visual-line-of-sight capabilities for UAS systems in eastern North Dakota. The statewide system known as Vantis has expanded. The latest development extends Vantis’ coverage to nearly 5,000 square miles…