Commodity Classic draws largest crowd ever down to the Big Easy
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Written by Jonathan Eisenthal
Better farm prices are right around the corner and farmers, the eternal optimists, want to be ready.
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Legislative session preview: Property taxes, water and transportation top list of agricultural issues
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Written by Anna Boroff, MCGA Senior Public Policy Director
The 2016 Minnesota legislative session began this week and is scheduled to end on May 23.
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Dismissed by the Pioneer Press: Making farmers' voices heard on water quality
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Before last weekend’s water summit hosted by Gov. Mark Dayton, two Minnesota Corn Growers Association (MCGA) farmer-leaders submitted guest columns to both the Star Tribune and Pioneer Press.
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Ignored by the Star Tribune: 4 steps toward improving water quality
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Before last weekend’s water summit hosted by Gov. Mark Dayton, two Minnesota Corn Growers Association (MCGA) farmer-leaders submitted guest columns to both the Star Tribune and Pioneer Press.
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Governor’s Water Summit: Can state’s water challenges be made into economic opportunities?
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Written by Jonathan Eisenthal
The ballroom at the Intercontinental Hotel in St. Paul filled to overflowing on Saturday with an estimated 800 stakeholders all gathered to draw up the outlines of an action plan for restoring and protecting Minnesota’s waters.
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Summarizing news coverage of Gov. Dayton's water summit
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We’ll have several more posts throughout this week covering Gov. Dayton’s water summit, which took place on Saturday in St. Paul. For now, here’s a quick summary of the news coverage of the event.
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Myth vs. Fact on farming, nitrogen, buffers and water quality
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Myth: Farmers apply too much nitrogen on crop land.
Fact: University of Minnesota Best Management Practices for Nitrogen Use identifies an acceptable range of nitrogen fertilizer (N) at 130-180 pounds per acre for corn after corn and an acceptable range of 100-140 pounds per acre for corn after soybeans.
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Agriculture and water quality in Minnesota: Is it all doom and gloom?
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When it comes to water quality in Minnesota, agency report after agency report and media story after media story paint a bleaker and bleaker picture.
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The farmer’s perspective: Answering questions about agriculture’s impact on water quality
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Here at the Minnesota Corn Growers Association, we receive questions every day about farming, water quality and the efforts of farmers to protect and improve our states lakes,
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