Minnesota Corn

02/25/2026

Great new exhibit at Farmamerica - The Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center!

02/23/2026

Today, we cap off our new board member feature series with Shayne Isane of Badger. A second-generation family farmer, Shayne raises crops and livestock with his brother and nephews.

Welcome to the board, Shayne!

Shayne Isane joined the MCGA board in January. He said he's excited about the prospect of shaping MCGA's grassroots advocacy, research, and outreach efforts.

02/18/2026

In Minnesota, drivers collectively saved over $19 million in 2025 by filling up with homegrown E15 (Unleaded 88). We join Iowa Corn in urging the E15 Rural Energy Council to take action.

In this opinion piece, Iowa Corn Growers Association President Mark Mueller says the E15 Rural Energy Council needs to know that E15 will save consumers money while providing some badly needed, long-term stability to a faltering farm economy.

02/18/2026

What is the best part about farming? 🌽

02/16/2026

Today, MCGA board member Richard Syverson participated in an ag roundtable with Senator Amy Klobuchar at the family farm of Jeremy Tischer in Breckinridge. We appreciate Senator Klobuchar's attention to issues affecting family farmers!

02/16/2026

This week, we continue our new board member feature series by spotlighting Mark Enninga, who partners with his parents, Spencer and Leann, with the family farm in Fulda growing and marketing corn, soybeans, and beef. He's pictured here with his son, Jack.

Welcome to the board, Mark! We appreciate your service on behalf of corn farmers. Read more here: https://www.mncorn.org/2026/02/11/new-board-member-enninga-has-deep-roots-in-ag/

02/13/2026

Year-round E15 isn't just about supporting Minnesota's farming economies. It's also about ensuring the continued availability of a fuel choice that many Minnesotans have come to appreciate for its cost savings and emission reductions.

This week, as the newly formed E15 Rural Domestic Energy Council continued its work in Washington, D.C., Minnesota Corn farmer-leaders past and present highlighted the benefits of E15 in a series of letters to newspapers across the state. You can read a sampling of those letters below.

Thanks to our dedicated farmer-leaders for their continued advocacy on E15 and issues facing farming communities!

Year-round E15: Good for everyone (Tim Waibel)
https://www.nujournal.com/opinion/letters/2026/02/12/year-round-e15-good-for-everyone/

Support year-round E15 (Jean Knakmuhs)
https://www.marshallindependent.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/02/support-year-round-e15/

Lawmakers create new council as year-round E15 fix remains elusive (Bryan Biegler)
https://www.dglobe.com/opinion/letters/letter-lawmakers-create-new-council-as-year-round-e15-fix-remains-elusive

Support year-round sales of E15 (Jerry Demmer)
https://www.albertleatribune.com/opinion/letter-support-year-round-sales-of-e15-641a4498

Support rural economies by approving year-round E15 (Brian Thalmann)
https://www.glencoenews.com/articles/letters-mcc/letter-to-the-editor-support-rural-economies-by-approving-year-round-e15/

02/12/2026

Great letter to the editor by MCGA board member Tim Waibel about the value that year-round E15 would provide to both drivers and agricultural economies. Read it here!

To the editor: Instead of Congressional leadership choosing to keep language about year-round E15 availability nationwide in the last funding bill, congressional leadership chose to remove. Rather than keeping E15 included, they established a new E15 Rural Domestic Energy Council with the intention....

02/11/2026

What do farmers worry about? 🌾

02/10/2026

Attention MCGA student-members: The deadline for some of the 2026 county corn scholarship programs is fast approaching. The following organizations have scholarship applications due in March:

Nicollet/Sibley: March 1
Freeborn: March 5
Dodge: March 5
Clay/Wilkin: March 15
Meeker: March 15
Norman: March 15
Wright/Hennepin: March 15
Brown: March 29
Douglas County, MN Corn and Soybean Grower's Association: April 1

You can find out more about these offerings here:

View scholarships from MN county corn organizations, MCGA, and NCGA, for students pursuing a degree in ag! Apply today.

02/10/2026

We're a week out from the start of the 2026 legislative session in Minnesota. MCGA's grassroots public policy team will once again be focused on developing markets for growers while protecting important farming tools. Read more from our Senior Public Policy Director, Amanda Bilek:

MCGA will be working to build markets and protect critical farming tools during the 2026 state legislative session.

02/09/2026

Exports of red meat account for 14% of the value of each bushel of corn grown in the U.S. Thanks in part to Minnesota Corn-supported programming by The U.S. Meat Export Federation, beef exports to the top two export markets--Japan and South Korea--continue to remain strong. Learn more here: