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Register today for MCPR’s annual golf outing!
Tee off with the Minnesota Crop Production Retailers (MCPR) at its annual golf outing on Thursday, Aug. 14 at The Wilds Golf Club in Prior Lake. Enjoy 18 holes on one of Minnesota’s crown jewel courses and support MCPR in their mission of supporting regulatory and legislative initiatives that benefit retailers, manufacturers distributors and custom applicators of crop production inputs.
Registration for the annual golf outing is now open. The cost is $220 for a single or $880 for a foursome, which includes golf, cart, lunch and dinner, drink and raffle tickets. Check-in and lunch will begin at 10 a.m. with an 11 a.m. shotgun start. Dinners and awards/prizes will follow. Sponsorship opportunities are still available.
For more information or to register, visit mcpr-cca.org/golf-outing/.
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GOP reconciliation bill inches forward
From Politico
BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL: Lawmakers gave the go-ahead to Republicans’ tax and spending package late Sunday night, paving the way for $300 billion in cuts to the nation’s largest anti-hunger program. The move comes after holdouts demanded last-minute changes to the bill.
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China trade agreement good first step for soybean farmers
From Brownfield
The president of the American Soybean Association says the trade deal in principle between the U.S. and China is a good first step.
Caleb Ragland, a Kentucky farmer, says the deal will temporarily reduce tariffs levied by the countries on exported goods like U.S. soybeans. “There’s still a litany of details to get worked out,” he says. “But we want to commend the administration of both countries for coming together and realizing it’s in the mutual good for us to find a way to come to the table, hammer out a solution.”
Full story.
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House moves quickly to pass agriculture budget, policy bill
The last-minute rush of legislation was on full display Sunday when the House passed the conference committee report on the omnibus agriculture finance and policy bill.
The 130-4 vote came a couple hours after the agreement was revealed online. There had been no public meetings on HF2446 since it was first heard by the conference committee, May 9.
The Senate passed the bill 58-8, sending the bill to the governor.
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The 130-4 vote came a couple hours after the agreement was revealed online. There had been no public meetings on HF2446 since it was first heard by the conference committee May 9. HF 2446 Passed with strong bipartisan support (Senate 58-8 / House 130-4)
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The global budget deal allotted $9 million to the agriculture conference committee
- The final bill included the 4R Study supported by MCPR
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Bil includes Biofertilizer Innovation and Efficiency Pilot Program
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CNH, Starlink announce satellite connectivity expansion to Case IH and New Holland machines
From The SCOOP
CNH has an agreement in place with Starlink, a subsidiary of SpaceX, to bring industry-leading satellite connectivity to farmers.
The company says this new collaboration will provide customers of Case IH, New Holland and STEYR, with robust high-speed connectivity – further unlocking the benefits of a fully connected fleet – even in the most remote rural locations around the world.
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CropLife Retail Week: Glyphosate news, USDA cuts and ag export shake-up
From CropLife
Glyphosate label laws heat up as Georgia joins North Dakota in supporting federal preemption. Iowa bans carbon capture, threatening ethanol markets. Meanwhile, U.S. ag exports to Mexico skyrocket.
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Ag drones: Building upon a decade of innovation — With more on the way
From CropLife
It’s been more than a decade now since unmanned aerial vehicles — more commonly referred to as drones these days — first made their market debut across the agricultural landscape. And during this time, the marketplace acceptance of drones has continued to steadily grow.
In particular, Taylor Moreland, Founder and CEO at Agri-Spray Drones, last year represented something of a milestone for the sector.
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Nozzles and valves: These trends are the biggest drivers in application technology
From CropLife
Precision. Few concepts have been so quickly embraced by the agricultural community.
“Adoption of precision technology is the biggest driver in application technology,” says William Smart, President, Greenleaf Technologies. “Farmers and applicators must find ways to be efficient and maximize the performance of the pesticides that they are applying. With PWM (pulse width modulation) and spot spraying technology, they can put exactly the right amount of product in the right place. This also applies to using HoseDrops for fungicide in corn. Spraying in-canopy rather than trying to penetrate from above the corn puts more fungicide right where it needs to be to do the job. We expect the trends noted above to continue.”
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PTx Trimble introduces next-generation guidance controller
From CropLife
PTx Trimble, formed as a joint venture in 2024 by AGCO and Trimble, has announced its newest GNSS receiver for precision autoguidance – the NAV-960 guidance controller – at the Agrishow in São Paulo, Brazil. This technology improves positioning accuracy and availability to deliver greater uptime while providing the computing power to easily support complex field operations and handle future developments.
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Exploring the unprecedented fertilizer trends of Spring 2025
From The SCOOP
The fertilizer market is bringing forward supply chain issues, pricing levels, and other dynamics in an unprecedented fashion.
“We came into 2025, thinking things might calm down–feel a little more steady, a little less volatile–and it’s been anything but,” says Josh Linville, vice president of fertilizer at StoneX. “Let’s just put this way, things are happening this spring we’ve never seen before.”
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Spring weather extremes continue to hit the Midwest
From Brownfield
An atmospheric scientist with Nutrien Ag Solutions says weather continues to create challenges for farmers across much of the Corn Belt.
Eric Snodgrass says a cold front is expected to hit the northern part of the U.S. early next week.
“There’s another system that comes out the 18th, 19th and 20th that’s got some cold air, and Minnesota will likely get a frost and northern Wisconsin out of this as well, so I just see the temperatures touching those low 30s producing some patchy frost,” he says.
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China plans ‘world’s biggest export terminal’ for Brazil amid U.S. trade talks
From The SCOOP
The ongoing U.S.-China trade discussions and decisions are important to Matt Splitter, but the central Kansas farmer says they can be a challenge to stay current on day-to-day.
“You know, I can’t keep up. Everything’s kind of flipping and flopping all day, every day,” says Splitter, who farms near Lorraine.
At the end of the day, Splitter, like a lot of farmers, says he wants to see the two countries stop sparring over trade and find mutual opportunity.
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Don’t let your soil become dust in the wind
From FarmProgress
This is a good news-bad news story. First, the good news. Wind erosion on the vast majority of Minnesota farm fields is largely under control. And the bad news: There are still fields with unacceptable amounts of soil blowing away.
As an advocate for farmers, I often find myself in meetings or conversations about stewardship. Wind-blown soil is frequently brought up, usually talked about as if most fields are contributing. As I traveled across much of Minnesota in early April, I paid close attention to erosion indicators and field cover.
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