Latest News From Minnesota

The availability of livestock workers was ranked as more limited than crop workers and finding long-term help seen as more difficult than temporary help due to the seasonal nature of the ag industry.

Nebraska, Minnesota and Iowa corn projections fall below USDA's August estimates. Soybeans are on par in all scouted states, including Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and South Dakota.

Sudden death or their time to go? Soybeans dry up in Iowa as Minnesota corn faces burn up to the first leaf below ears.

Hitting the road on Pro Farmer Crop Tour this week? I hope you packed your rain gear.

Grizzly bear, deer, museum items and a beer bottling line sending bottles down the track near where you visit with the tellers are all part of the offerings at The State Bank of Faribault.

On September 3, Minnesota-based co-operative Crystal Valley announced it has acquired Shell Rock Ag Inc. Shell Rock Ag started in 2004 and is located in Hayward, MN. 

The Board of Directors at Landus Cooperative has announced Matt Carstens will be the cooperative’s CEO starting March 9, 2020. 

The State of Minnesota is hanging tough on its June 20 cutoff for the use of dicamba, despite the late spring and delayed planting. 

Lavish hunting trips, taxidermy animals, all-terrain vehicles and real estate were just a few of the purchases made with more than stolen $5.3 million from a farm cooperative by its former general manager.

On Monday, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) announced an additional restriction for farmers using dicamba in the state, which would be on top of the EPA label released at the end of October.

Farmers and other stakeholders are finding innovative ways in which they can mitigate nutrient loss from this practice and saturated buffers have proven effective, according to a recent study.

With nearly half of the soybeans in the U.S. expected to be planted with Roundup Ready 2 Xtend seed, equip your company and sprayer operators with these regulatory changes to avoid off-target damage in 2018.