NEWS RELEASE: GreenSeam Talent Exchange is Launched

New brand unveiled and public launch celebrated today Mankato, MINN (June 20, 2016) – Today during a press conference a new identity was unveiled for the locally known initiative previously known as Project Ag Business EpiCenter (ABE). The GreenSeam will build on existing ag business prominence and maximize a growing economic marketplace to become known asremier ag business epicenter in the United States – the most diverse, balanced and sustainable. In attendance were more than […]

Southeast Regional Sustainable Development Partnership Sponsors South Central Grower’s Network

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                        Mankato, Minn. – The University of Minnesota Southeast Regional Sustainable Development Partnership has announced its support of the South Central Minnesota Grower’s Network hosted by Region Nine Development Commission. Their contribution to the network, along with the sponsorship of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, has given local food growers a network in which they are able to share knowledge and solve business […]

AgStar Financial Services, ACA Merger

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Stockholders Approve Merger of Three Farm Credit Organizations Compeer Financial to Serve Agriculture and Rural Communities in Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin