Max Steffes of Steffes Auction was a presenter at the International Crop Expo last week and talked about the land and equipment markets for Minnesota and North Dakota and trends that he’s seeing in the land and equipment sales market. Steffes says real estate taxes have an impact on sale prices from state to state,…
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North Dakota Senator John Hoeven held a round table session last Friday in Fargo to discuss opportunities for agriculture research and innovation in North Dakota. Hoeven says his goal is to make North Dakota the center of precision agriculture. Hoeven says this focus on precision Ag and Ag research will lead to excellent opportunities for…
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Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen recently returned from a six day trade mission to Morocco in an attempt to build a stronger trade relationship with the North African country. Petersen says that he thinks Morocco could be a major market for Minnesota grown products and trade. Petersen says that the University of Minnesota has played…
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The 2023 harvest season might have just finished up but now it’s time to start looking toward 2024. One major change that soybean growers across the region will start seeing is the shift from the A Series soybean to the Z Series. Pioneer Soybean Marketing Manager Liz Knutson shares more. Knutson also shared the importance…
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The United States House of Representatives avoided a government shutdown yesterday and were able to pass a resolution that will keep the government funded and open. Included in this resolution was a Farm Bill extension and that means that the House will have close to a full year to come up with a new bill.…
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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that Minnesota will be joining the United States and a bipartisan coalition of states in a civil antitrust lawsuit against Agri Stats, Inc. for organizing and managing anticompetitive information exchanges among broiler chicken, pork and turkey processors. The lawsuit against Agri Stats Inc. alleges that the company violated Section…
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The Supreme Court decided to not weigh in on cases regarding “Ag Gag” laws which is considered a huge win for animal rights activists across the nation. Washburn University agricultural law professor Roger McEowen explains these Ag Gag laws and how they affect Agriculture. McEowen also explained why the laws have gone in the favor…
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Crookston farmer Scott Knutson joined Ag Reporter Nick Revier to discuss how this year’s harvest has been looking for him. Knutson discusses how this year’s sugar beet harvest has looked so far. Knutson is also in the middle of the wheat harvest and he gave an update on how that has looked. Some area soybean…
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The 12th Annual KRJB Harvest Days Grand Prize drawing was held on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. Eric Visser of the Ada area was selected as the winner of over $8,000 in Ag products and services. Visser says that unlike last year, he was able to get registered fairly early during the promotion. Eric Visser talks…
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The Ada-Borup-West FFA held their 62nd Annual Awards Banquet Sunday evening recognizing the accomplishments of all the student participants in the organization. Ada-Borup-West FFA Chapter Advisors Abbie Savage talks about her excitement for the students and the theme she pushed. Outgoing FFA President and Ada-Borup-West Senior, Ryan Hoven, also talks about the success the Chapter…
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