Agriculture

Truterra carbon program
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Truterra’s carbon program grew by more than 27% for both metric tons of carbon sequestered and payment to growers vs. 2021 (Arden Hills, MN) —  May 17, 2023  — Truterra, LLC, a leading agricultural sustainability business that offers consultation, tools and solutions for the ag and food value chain, today announced the results of its carbon program for 2022, which paid more than $5.1 million to farmers for approximately 262,000 metric

CHS Grain
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(Erskine,MN) — June 14, 2022 — CHS will begin construction this summer on a new state-of-the-art grain facility with 1.25 million bushels of additional storage capacity in Erskine, Minn. The facility is slated to be operational in the fall of 2023 and will help CHS expand operational capabilities and increase efficiency across its footprint. The new shuttle elevator will bring total capacity at the location to 4.55 million bushels of storage

Natural Products Expo
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Business

(Minnesota) — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s (MDA) “Minnesota Pavilion” will be back in-person at Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, CA, for the first time since 2019. Eight Minnesota businesses – many of which showcase clean-ingredient, plant-based, and environmentally-friendly food trends – will be featured at Expo West, the largest tradeshow of its kind. Expo West focuses on organic, natural, and healthy foods from across the country. The MDA

2022 Outstanding Teacher Tiffany Kobbermann
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People

(Glenwood, Minnesota) February 23, 2022 —  Press Release MN Dept of Agriculture Tiffany Kobbermann, a Family and Consumer Science teacher at Minnewaska High School in Glenwood, MN, has received the Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom (MAITC) 2022 Teacher of the Year award. In her application, Kobbermann shared that “all of my lessons are agriculturally based. I believe that students need a well-rounded perspective of agriculture. My hope is that my