THIS WEEK: Via Minnesota Corn, VERBATIM: “Call it the home field advantage. This year’s National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference takes place here in Minneapolis. Without the usual travel expense, Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom decided to devote that amount of money to scholarships, to underwrite a full complement of 25 Minnesota teachers to attend. While they are together, special events will provide an opportunity to get to know each other and bond over their shared interests in teaching and agriculture.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4eq5E9t (SPONSORED: Minnesota Corn Growers Association)
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FARM BILL: Via Agweek, VERBATIM: “With no movement on getting a standalone farm bill to replace the existing one that already has faced two extensions, including some important farm bill legislation in a budget reconciliation bill might be the only way forward, according to Collin Peterson. ‘It’s not a good way to do a farm bill, but it’s probably the only way they’re going to get it done if they can get it done, and I think it’s got an uphill battle so we’ll see how it goes,’ Peterson said while speaking at the Midwest Ag Summit in West Fargo, North Dakota, on June 10, 2025. Peterson served 15 terms in the U.S. House, representing Minnesota’s 7th District, and much of that time was spent in leadership on the House Agriculture Committee.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4kV2Q6T
HEAT: Via Brownfield, VERBATIM: “An extension beef veterinarian encourages cattle producers to monitor livestock during the current heatwave. Grant Dewell with Iowa State University says most cattle in the Midwest are bred for cooler climates.” DEWELL: “So anytime it gets above 75, 80 degrees, they’re dealing some with heat stress. And when it gets up to 95 to 100 (degrees), there can be some pretty severe heat stress that they’re dealing with. So keep an eye on (your) animals.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/4neMpUn
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GRANTS: Via Public News Service, VERBATIM: “From poultry to beer, Minnesota has an avid interest in producing food with ingredients and practices mindful of the state's water resources and the latest recipients of specialized grants are taking charge. The grants were awarded by the ‘Continuous Living Cover’ program under the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Food manufacturers and others in the supply chain use the funds to develop larger markets for crops that help stabilize the soil in which they are planted.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4ljNkB2
MNLEG: Via West Central Tribune, VERBATIM: “Agriculture continued to receive bipartisan support in the state legislature, leading Minnesota Department of Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen to offer an upbeat assessment of the recent legislative session. With a split Legislature —101 DFL’ers and 100 Republicans — the session went about as well as Petersen believed it could, he told an audience that filled the Life Sciences auditorium of the MinnWest Technology Campus in Willmar, where the annual Partners in Ag Innovation conference was conducted Tuesday. The agriculture bill was the first approved, Petersen said, and it addressed priority issues for agriculture.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/45xLFU1
CROP CONDITIONS: Via farm management analyst Kent Thiesse, VERBATIM: “The old saying ‘rain makes grain’ may hold true in many instances; however, excessive precipitation amounts again this year early in the growing season has caused extensive crop loss in some areas of the Upper Midwest. Portions of West Central and Southern Minnesota have been impacted by severe storms and excessive rainfall amounts in recent weeks. This has caused considerable drown-out areas in some fields, as well as crop damage to the remaining crop in many fields. In addition, severe storms have caused considerable hail damage to crops in some locations in the Upper Midwest, as well as tornadoes and strong winds that have damaged grain bins and farm buildings.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4k1i3BS
COVER CROPS: Via Brownfield, VERBATIM: “A south-central Minnesota farmer says the last cover crop cycle was disappointing. Rochelle Krusemark of Trimont tells Brownfield conditions were too dry in the fall.” KRUSEMARK: “It didn’t germinate (and) didn’t germinate this spring, so it’s the worst cover crop emergence that we’ve had since we started growing cover crops several years ago.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3ZHYHul
THIS WEEK: Via Myle Livestock Show, VERBATIM: “The sixth annual Minnesota Youth Livestock Expo (MYLE) Livestock Show will be held on the Martin County Fairgrounds in Fairmont, Minnesota on June 26-29. The event will feature 4-H and FFA members and other youth livestock exhibitors from throughout Minnesota showcasing
their top-notch beef, sheep, goats and rabbit projects. The MYLE Show is the largest youth livestock show in Minnesota outside of the Minnesota State Fair later this Summer. There are about 1,500 entries for the MYLE Show in Fairmont, plus an additional 855 entries for the MYLE Swine Show, which will be held on July 11-13 at the Mower County Fairgrounds in Austin, MN.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4liIUdE
THIS WEEKEND: Via Star Tribune, VERBATIM: “Fun fact: In 1979, Pepsi Co. announced that Farmington,Minn., consumed more Mountain Dew per capita than any other community, and helped it launch an annual festival, Mountain Dew Days. After the corporate sponsorship dropped, the festival was known as Dew Days. This year, the June 26-29 event has a new name, courtesy of its homegrown sponsor: Top the Tater Days. Kemps’ sour cream dip has been produced at the same Farmington dairy plant for decades.” READ:
TECH: Via Agweek, VERBATIM: “Dairy producers are often thinking about how technology has or can affect their bottom line, and artificial intelligence is getting a lot of attention. Aidan Connolly, president of AgriTech Capital in North Carolina, gave the keynote at this year's Precision Dairy Conference held in Bloomington on June 17-18. The conference is considered a ‘neutral space’ where many technologies, farmers and ag professionals are brought together, said Marcia Endres, organizer of the conference and professor at the University of Minnesota. This year, the event examined on-farm dairy technology and how far it's come, and how far farmers are willing to let it go. Connolly said like most of us, he's learning about AI ‘very quickly.’” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4674QEe
FRESH15: The latest season of Fresh15 includes interviews with new Minnesota House members. So far, five new members have shared their goals, background and fun facts before they take office in a historic session this January.
Rep. Kari Rehrauer
Rep. Wayne Johnson
Rep. Julie Greene
Rep. Keith Allen
Rep. Peter Johnson
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GRAIN: Via Brownfield, VERBATIM: “A north Iowa farmer suggests the window to market old and new crop grain could close soon. April Hemmes grows corn and soybeans near Hampton and says about 20 percent of her 2025 crop is already under contract.” HEMMES: “Corn and soybeans, and I sure wish I had more sold. And there’s a lot of corn out there. So I hate to hurry up and wait for better prices, especially this time of the year. And I will have everything off my farm by July 1st, in price.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/4nb8umR
CHS: Via Star Tribune, VERBATIM: “On a sunny June afternoon, the first green shoots of corn and soybeans were just starting to color the fields surrounding a grain elevator in a small town south of Rochester. But that future crop was in the back of Bryan Lewis’ mind. Instead, the director of operations for CHS Rochester was still contending with last year’s harvest, namely the 20,000 tons of corn scooped from a pile on the ground into a constant stream of trucks. ‘We only have so much capacity, so we always use the ground pile as overfill‚’ he said. ‘Every year, we cover that pile and save it for whenever we can get it to market.’ Lewis oversees the cooperative’s grain elevators and ag retail locations in southeastern Minnesota.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4lfih9r
FIRES: Via USDA, VERBATIM: “Today, the National Multi-Agency Coordination Group (NMAC), composed of wildland fire representatives from each wildland fire agency based at the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho, raised the national wildland fire preparedness level one step higher to Preparedness Level 3.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4k2XDbC
FFA: Via Farm Progress, VERBATIM: “Mike Pearson chats with Lauren Stoel about her FFA experience and what she learned from being in the FFA organization. Stoel says the best part of FFA was the chance to get to know other FFA members across the state and be involved in amazing things. She says that with the membership growing, it means more leadership opportunities, competition and events.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4k2ZlK4
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CENTURY FARM: Via Forum, VERBATIM: “Dan Grefsrud admits that when he was growing up, he wanted to get away from the family farm. So naturally, his parents were surprised when he asked if he could come back and live on the farm near Hawley. In 2023, he took over the family business, becoming the fourth generation of his family to raise livestock on land tucked into the rolling hills . . . Grefsrud Farm is one of two Clay County farms newly recognized for being continuously farmed by one family for more than 100 years.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3ZJCU5D
LIGHTNING: From MDA Commissioner Thom Petersen via X, VERBATIM: “Hot day for my first show with my new young horse Lightning, a little rough but she’ll get better… I hope.” TWEET: https://fluence-media.co/40kRy3g
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