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One year after beginning the formal permitting process, the Ag Innovation Campus (AIC) has received a crucial air permitting approval from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), clearing a major hurdle as the value-added crushing facility prepares to break ground in the coming weeks. “This is a very big milestone for us,” AIC Project Manager […]
The Ag Innovation Campus (AIC) board of directors certified its elected officers during a virtual board meeting Friday. Mike Skaug, vice president of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association, was named chair of the AIC. “I’m honored my fellow directors have elected me to this position,” says Skaug, a Beltrami farmer. “The Ag Innovation Campus is
Recently, the governors of a handful of states asked the Environmental Protection Agency to waive the Renewable Fuel Standard for this year. An RFS waiver would be a political boon to their states’ oil refineries. However, waiving the RFS would create unnecessary economic damage here in Minnesota. Biodiesel producers and industry workers are vital to
Nearly one year after receiving funding from the Minnesota Legislature, the Ag (née Soy) Innovation Campus (AIC) in Crookston is making significant progress and remains on track to reach a milestone in July. In 2019, spurred by a passionate advocacy push from Minnesota farmers, the Minnesota Legislature approved $5 million toward the Ag Innovation Campus
The President of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association Jamie Beyer farms in Wheaton and thanked Representative Colin Peterson in a letter to the editor/op-ed. The letter is below – America’s agricultural economy has been clobbered multiple times on a myriad of fronts over the past year, from trade wars to inclement weather. And now, of
Governor Tim Walz visited East Grand Forks on Tuesday to meet with local growers about the widespread economic concerns regarding the harvesting and transportation of crops that have been affected by the recent weather. Walz was joined by at the table by State Senators Mark Johnson and Kent Eken, State Representatives Deb Kiel and Dan
