Jun. 26—GRAND FORKS — Evan Montgomery of Grand Forks has been elected secretary of the North Dakota Soybean Council. Montgomery was elected during the council’s June board meeting and represents soybean farmers in District 7, which includes Grand Forks and Traill counties. His family farm has grown soybeans since the 1980s. His election was announced […]
Jun. 6—GRAND FORKS — Epitome Energy has received its air permit from the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality, a major step in making its proposed soybean crush facility in Grand Forks a reality. “Having in hand the permit to construct from the state, it’s significant,” Epitome Energy CEO Dennis Egan said. “It’s demonstrating to […]
MONROE — Michigan State University played a soybean cyst nematode (SCN) plot May 20 at Monroe County Community College‘s Student Ag Farm. Eight seed treatments, replicated six times, were planted at the Student Ag Farm, which is an off-campus testing location, said Ned Birkey, MSU Extension educator emeritus. Grant (from left), a senior forestry student; […]
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announces that soybean producers may request a referendum to determine whether producers want the secretary to conduct a referendum on the Soybean Promotion and Research Order (Order), as authorized under the Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act (Act). Participation in the request for referendum is voluntary. Producers should participate […]
Feb. 27—MITCHELL — The whipping wind, freezing temperatures and flying snow outside the Nordby Trades Center on the campus of Mitchell Technical College Tuesday afternoon belied the update Kyle Peters gave on the process of the soybean crush plant under construction near Mitchell. The winter has been kind and construction is progressing well, Peters said. […]
Jan. 29—GRAND FORKS — The Epitome Energy soybean crush facility continues to move forward in Grand Forks and likely will have a dramatic effect on the region’s soybean economy. Evan Montgomery, District 7 representative to the North Dakota Soybean Council and a local farmer, compared it to the economic effect ethanol plants have had. The […]