HARVEST: From Minnesota Corn via Instagram, VERBATIM: “As corn harvest winds down and farms wrap up field work, we continue to check in with farmers across the state. Today, meet Rebecca Sip, who grows corn, soybeans, wheat and sugar beets with her sister, younger brother, and parents on their family farm near Ada. Rebecca is also a member of the Norman County Corn & Soybean Growers Association Board of Directors.” PHOTOS: https://fluence-media.co/3YyeiLt (SPONSORED: Minnesota Corn Growers Association)
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FARM BILL: From Mark Dorenkamp via Brownfield, VERBATIM: “There’s still hope the farm bill can be completed during the lame duck session of Congress. But U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley tells Brownfield he’s not optimistic. ‘I haven’t heard of any movement during the month of October, and that movement would be just among staff or the chairs of the two agriculture committees. I haven’t heard anything moving. We have two weeks before Thanksgiving (and) three weeks before Christmas (break).’ The Iowa Republican says the Defense Authorization bill and all 12 appropriation bills will be prioritized during the lame duck.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/4hzFLFn
TECH: From Brooks Johnson via Star Tribune, VERBATIM: “The chief technology officer at Land O’Lakes has a secret to making the cooperative, its owners and its customers more digitally adept: the human touch . . . Land O’Lakes appointed [Teddy Bekele] the company’s first tech executive in 2018 amid a growing need to connect agriculture with big data and insights. Six years on, it’s still in Bekele’s job description to ‘lead digital transformation’ at the 103-year-old cooperative, especially as artificial intelligence unites a common theme tech and ag share: optimization.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4egzfQZ
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LAND: From Mark Dorenkamp via Brownfield, VERBATIM: “Farmland sales continued to slow this year. Compeer Financial director of appraisal Dave Dinderman says there’s been about a 20 percent decrease in sales compared to 2023. ‘And while that may not seem like much, that’s a continuation of a trend of fewer and fewer sales over the prior few years.’ He tells Brownfield with fewer transactions and less land available, the reduced supply has helped keep prices stable.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/4fccJtV
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MEETINGS: Via Pipestone Star, VERBATIM: “Landlords, farmers, and agri-business professionals should make plans to attend one of the informative in-person meetings being held across Minnesota starting in October through December. These free meetings are being provided by the University of Minnesota Extension. Farm land rental rates are the largest input cost the farmer has, and determining a fair farm rental agreement is always challenging.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4hv5oY5
HARVEST: From MDA via X, VERBATIM: “Harvest nearing completion, according to @usda_nass MN Crop Report. Corn harvest reached 95%, 12 days ahead of last year and over 2 weeks ahead of the 5-yr average. Sunflower harvest reached 77%, matching the 5-yr average. Still low soil moisture levels.” SEE: https://fluence-media.co/3AGX1b3
DRY: From Mark Dorenkamp via Brownfield, VERBATIM: “The rapid dry-down of soybeans was a significant issue for many farmers in the Upper Midwest during harvest. Nick Peterson farms near St. Cloud in central Minnesota.” PETERSON: “It was really a struggle because the beans dried down so fast, but there were still areas of the field that really the plants hadn’t died. Everyone I know was cutting green stems first of all, and there was a mix of anywhere from 7, 8, 9, 10 percent moisture beans all the way up to 20 percent in the same field.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/3AwTts4
TOMORROW: The new Drought Monitor will be released. We’ll share it in Thursday’s lunch take and Friday’s ag take.
NEXT MONTH: Via Red River Farm Network, VERBATIM: “Attend the Green Ammonia Summit on December 10 at the University of Minnesota-Morris to be part of the conversation on clean energy policy, rural economic opportunity and decarbonization in agriculture. The Summit will focus on the opportunities and potential of green ammonia to benefit farmers, communities and the climate.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/48Gx2gr
NEXT YEAR: Via KFGO-Radio, VERBATIM: “Serving up a helping of knowledge for the next generation of agriculture, the Nov. 15 application deadline to participate in the second-annual MN Young & Emerging Farmer Workshop, which will take place Jan. 21-23, 2025, is fast approaching.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3AwV8hi
CHS: Via Inver Grove Heights-based CHS, VERBATIM: “CHS Inc., the nation's leading agribusiness cooperative, today reported net income of $1.1 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2024, compared to $1.9 billion for fiscal year 2023.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4hFWcjF
FUNDING: From Noah Fish via Agweek, VERBATIM: “The long-term approach of using federal money to solve natural resource and conservation challenges on agricultural land may be coming to a halt in 2025, but not before Minnesota will see an influx of money to protect transitioning farmland. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Oct. 23 that $1.5 billion would be dispersed to 92 partnership projects to advance conservation and climate-smart agriculture across the country. The projects are part of the Natural Resources Conservation Service's Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), and use funds authorized under the 2018 farm bill and Inflation Reduction Act.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4fBma64
SURVEY: From MDA via X, VERBATIM: “MN teachers, please participate in MN Ag in the Classroom's Minnesota School Garden Survey! The information collected will be integral in shaping future projects. Deadline is November 20.” SEE: https://fluence-media.co/40Cl45E
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VODKA: From Stephanie March via MplsStPaul, VERBATIM: “Where is the last place you’d expect to find a speakeasy room hidden behind a bookcase? And is it a dairy farm? Surprising to some, this new reality is not that shocking to most of us who know we tend to be the coolest agricultural state. Our apple farms become amusement parks; our cornfields become complex, buzzy mazes; and we are apt to see long fine-dining tables stretched through barns for amazing field-to-fork meals. Why not just go ahead and add a distillery to our cheese-making dairy farms, hmm?” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3UHgyiB
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