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Minnesota Farm Bureau director of public policy Pierce Bennett says membership provides direction on policy starting at the county level.  He tells Brownfield those policies are discussed and voted on during Minnesota Farm Bureau’s annual meeting each November. ...

An economist says the Ukraine-Russia war is affecting commodity markets, and U.S. farmers will benefit from it. Stephen Nicholson with Rabobank says, “We have arable ground to produce the crops that the rest of the world needs.” He tells Brownfield if the war ended tomorrow, the United Nations has estimated that up to 25% of Ukraine’s productive farmland will not be available for planting anytime soon. “Because of mining, because […]

Members of the Ohio Soybean Council were recently in South Korea and Thailand talking about and promoting Ohio soybeans. In this Voice of Soy, Madison Layman, Ohio Soybean Council’s manager of demand and market development says trips like this help add value to Ohio soybeans. ...

Wisconsin has named 21 new Dairy Processor Grant Program recipients for this year.  Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection officials received 38 grant requests totaling more than $1.5 million, and 21 grants were made with the 400-thousand dollars in available funding.  The grants were funded in the state budget allowing up to 50-thousand dollars each with a 20% matching fund requirement to update and modernize their operations. Projects range […]