REPORT: Via Minnesota Corn, VERBATIM: “For Minnesota farms, 2024 was their least profitable year in decades, and it was a particularly bad year for crop producers, according to a University of Minnesota analysis. Farms have robust—though declining—levels of working capital to meet short-term obligations, according to the analysis, which was conducted by the Center for Farm Financial Management. (Working capital is considered cash and assets such as grain, inputs, and accounts receivable that can easily be converted to cash without losing their value.) Farms also generally have adequate levels of assets to meet long-term obligations, the analysis found. Pauline Van Nurden, a University of Minnesota Extension economist and coauthor of the analysis, said the report shows that farms are relatively well positioned to withstand another potentially challenging year in 2025.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4jPm7F9 (SPONSORED: Minnesota Corn Growers Association)
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WASDE: Via farm management analyst Kent Thiesse, VERBATIM: “The USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) Report released on June 12 did not change estimated 2025 corn or soybean production levels and did not make any adjustments in the projected 2025-26 demand levels for either corn or soybeans. The only change in the June WASDE report from the May monthly report was that the corn export level for 2024-25 was increased by 50 million bushels, with a corresponding adjustment to the projected ending stocks for both the current year and for 2025-26. There were no adjustments to the 2024-25 soybean usage or carryout levels. Most grain marketing analysts viewed the June WASDE Report as generally ‘neutral’ for both the corn and soybean market; however, there is some uncertainty with both crops related to the estimated 2025 production and usage levels.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4jRAWag
STORM DAMAGE: From MDA via X, VERBATIM: “Farmers in Goodhue and Rice counties in MN and contiguous counties may be eligible for physical loss loans through the @usdaFSA due to high winds, hail, and tornado damage on April 28, 2025.” TWEET: https://fluence-media.co/3FRJZu4
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LAWSUIT: Via Associated Press, VERBATIM: “A Wisconsin dairy farmer alleged in a federal lawsuit filed Monday that the Trump administration is illegally denying financial assistance to white farmers by continuing programs that favor minorities. The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed the lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture in federal court in Wisconsin on behalf of a white dairy farmer, Adam Faust. Faust was among several farmers who successfully sued the Biden administration in 2021 for race discrimination in the USDA's Farmer Loan Forgiveness Plan.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4jYr66F
TRADE: Via USDA, VERBATIM: “U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced American agricultural producers will have greater market access to Thailand and Vietnam and maintained access to Brazil. The Trump Administration continues to break down non-tariff barriers and defend current market access, and these latest actions are some of many wins ahead for American producers. U.S. dairy producers will have maintained access to Brazil markets, citrus and apple growers will be able to sell more products to Thailand, and stone fruit growers will face lower non-tariff trade barriers in Vietnam as a result of the action taken by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).” READ: https://fluence-media.co/44iN2EQ
LAWMAKERS SHOT: Via Forum, VERBATIM: “Goodhue County farmers Danny and Mary Lundell had relatives living in Sweden reach out them about the pre-dawn shootings of Minnesota lawmakers. The couple broke down in tears when they learned themselves that on early Saturday morning of June 14, Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed in their Brooklyn Park home, in the second of two reported shootings of state lawmakers. Also shot on Saturday were Sen. John A. Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, in Champlin. The Hoffmans are recovering from their injuries . . . Mary Lundell was waiting in line for the restroom at the annual Minnesota DFL's Humphrey-Mondale Dinner on Friday — where Gov. Tim Walz, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith spoke among others — when a nearby elevator opened.” QUOTE: "And here came Melissa," Lundell said of the Minnesota House member who served 11 terms. "I got a chance to talk to her right there, give her a hug, thank her for all work she's done." READ: https://fluence-media.co/3G1CGQo
AG BILL: Via KRWC-Radio, VERBATIM: “Fighting avian influenza, H5N1, and other livestock disease was a top priority for state lawmakers this year. Hunter Pederson, Public Policy Spokesperson for the Minnesota Farm Bureau says the new two-year state budget will help make sure animals are healthy.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/43MWP66
SWINE: Via Brownfield, VERBATIM: “New studies stress the importance of diagnosing co-infections when treating sick pigs. Dr. JD Fiechtner with Boehringer Ingelheim says one study focused on Porcine Reproductive and Respitarory Syndrome (PRRS) with a co-infection of Porcine Circovirus, and the other looked at PRRS co-infected with Ileitis.” FIECHTNER: “We have learned that each disease pathogen on its own is what we’ve kind of looked at in the past, but today the interactions, interplay, and the dynamics between multiple disease ideologies can make a bigger impact than we think.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/3HGg34B
FSA: Via Jackson County Pilot, VERBATIM: “A Butterfield farmer is the new state executive director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency in Minnesota. Kurt Blomgren was appointed to the post on May 5. Blomgren is a fourth-generation family farmer from Butterfield, currently operating a diversified crop and livestock farm with his son, Vance, and family.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3ZACbDE
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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WEEDS: Via Brownfield, VERBATIM: “A southeast Minnesota farmer’s weed control program is on track. Ryan Buck grows corn and soybeans near Goodhue.” BUCK: “We put a pre-emerge down on everything early on before we planted, and then came back with a post. And everything seems to be working alright right now.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/4n4n2V6
SUSTAINABILITY: Via Fortune, VERBATIM: “When General Mills CEO Jeff Harmening thinks about sustainability, he looks at the millions of acres of farmland where his company sources wheat, oat, dairy, and other crops. ‘If we don’t do something different, in about 2050, 90% of topsoil will be in danger,’ Harmening told me at a dinner that Fortune held in partnership with Deloitte for sustainability leaders in Minneapolis. The good news is that General Mills is more than 60% of the way to achieving its goal of advancing regenerative agriculture—farming practices that regenerate degraded soil—on a million acres of land by 2030.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/464iDeG
SEPTEMBER: Via Morning Ag Clips, VERBATIM: “Learn about the ecological and economic values of purposely integrating trees and crops (or livestock) together as one management and land use system. This sustainable agriculture practice is called Agroforestry. The Minnesota Agroforestry Institute is a two and a half day training that includes classroom workshops and on farm visits of Agroforestry practices in the field. Learn more about the Agroforestry practices of Windbreaks, Alley Cropping, Silvopasture, Riparian Forest Buffers and Forest Farming in Minnesota. Agroforestry practices can benefit farmers and woodland owners and can bring trees back in the
agricultural landscape where they are most appropriate.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3ZxR2Ph
FAIR: From MDA Commissioner Thom Petersen via X, VERBATIM: “First County Fair of the year! Thanks to Hennepin County Fair board members for visit & great to see increases in open class & 4H exhibits!” PHOTO: https://fluence-media.co/464s2Tw
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MARKETS: Via MplsStPaul, VERBATIM: “As the summer season starts to creep in and warmer weather becomes a regular occurrence, farmers markets across the city are beginning to pop up left and right. Here is a round up of Twin Cities farmers markets perfect for a summer’s day trip.” LIST: https://fluence-media.co/3FXoFmS
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