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The USDA prospective plantings report is out and it forecasts Minnesota farmers planting 8.6 million corn acres in 2014, which would be the same number of corn acres planted throughout the state in 2013.
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Written by Jonathan Eisenthal
With USDA’s prospective plantings report due to be released at 11 a.m. Central today, Minnesota Cornerstone visited with some Minnesota corn farmers to get their planting outlook and thoughts on the upcoming season.
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It’s been two months since the public comment period ended on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to cut the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and drastically reduce the amount of the homegrown ethanol blended in our fuel.
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Over 40 state legislators, staff, and agency leaders talked farming, biofuels and agriculture policy with corn farmers at the Minnesota Corn Growers Association (MCGA) legislative reception in St.
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It took a little longer than expected. And, of course, it included some political drama near the end of the process. But the Minnesota legislature finally repealed new taxes it enacted last session on farm machinery repairs and warehouse storage.
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The American Farm Bureau Federation recently released results from its annual outlook survey of participants in its national Young farmers & Ranchers (YF&R) program. Let’s take a minute and compare some of the YF&R survey results with results from the Minnesota Corn Growers Association’s (MCGA) recent survey of Minnesota corn farmers.
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A couple of Minnesota corn farmers were recently featured Corn & Soybean Digest and in the AgStar Today publication.
Bruce Peterson farms in Northfield and is the vice president of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association (MCGA).
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National Corn Growers Association president Martin Barbre has called out ethanol opponents in the livestock and poultry sector for recently signing a letter supporting EPA’s proposed cuts to the Renewable Fuel Standard.
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One of the main talking points of the anti-ethanol crowd centers on the myth that using corn for ethanol drives up corn prices and makes our food more expensive.
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