MGFA MEMBER PROFILE MGFA Celebrates Centennial We are on Facebook! Click below to like us! Welcome The mission of the Minnesota Grain and Feed Association is to serve the agribusiness industry with integrity, respect and innovation in its programs and services. Association Office: 3470 Washington Drive, Suite 200 Eagan, MN 55122 Ph: 651.454.8212 | Fax: 651.454.8312 | Email: info@mgfa.org Staff: Bob Zelenka, Executive Director Laura Lemke, Member Services Director Sara Bultman, Bookkeeper / Special Projects Assistant Dave Nelson, Director, MGFA Safety & Health Program Affiliated With: National Grain and Feed Association The Fertilizer Institute American Feed Industry Association The Waterways Council The Minnesota Farm and Food Coalition News Strong crops, weak prices (12-01-14) -- Bin-busting crops in corn and soybeans are causing furrowed brows rather than smiling faces for many Minnesota farmers this year. Pigs too fat for holiday hams (11-20-14) -- CHICAGO – Eating ham has never been more expensive than this year, partly because U.S. pigs are too fat. BNSF to spend $6B in 2015 to ease gridlock (11-20-14) -- NEW YORK – BNSF Railway Co., the railroad owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., plans to spend a record $6 billion next year to help speed trains and improve service crimped by surging grain and oil shipments. Grain takes a detour (11-17-14) -- Railroad bottlenecks, congestion and high freight prices have frustrated Minnesota farmers this year as they try to sell their corn and soybeans. Rail congestion costs farmers (10-10-14) -- ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Grain and Feed Association has been around for 108 years and for 108 years its members have been having trouble with railroads, its executive director told members of a joint legislative committee. More News... Sign up for our free email newsletter Calendar of Events January 2015 25-27 - MGFA 108th Annual Convention & Trade Show - Minneapolis Hilton Hotel 3470 Washington Drive, Suite 200 | Eagan, MN 55122 Ph: 651.454.8212 | FX: 651.454.8312 | Email: mgfa@usinternet.com