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Midwest Ag Summit coming to Fargo next week, feat. U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Next Week: Midwest Agriculture Summit in Fargo
A regional event co-hosted by over 20 chambers of commerce

 

WHAT:                       Midwest Agriculture Summit. This summit on June 28 will take an in-depth look at key industry facets across multiple states while exploring and discussing agriculture. Together, our communities are leading the industry by creating innovative solutions to address some of the world’s largest problems. The Midwest Agriculture Summit will highlight local and national ag legislation, ag tech and innovation, and the ag economy including markets, trends and more. Gold Sponsors are Flint Group and Marsh & McLennan Agency.

 

WHO:                         Robert Bonnie, Under Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture

Zach Ducheneaux, Administrator, United States Department of Agriculture

 

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar

U.S. Senator John Hoeven

U.S. Representative Michelle Fischbach

 

Brian Ingulsrud, Vice President, American Crystal Sugar Company

Joel Kaczynski, Precision Ag Solutions Manager, RDO Equipment

Nancy Johonson, Executive Director, ND Soybean Growers Association

Taya Spelhaug, Microsoft / Grand Farm Board Member

 

WHEN:                      Tuesday, June 28 | 8 to 11a.m.

WHERE:                   Delta by Marriott Fargo (livestream option also available upon request)

CONTACT:               Tyler Fischbach, Vice President of Communications

tfischbach@fmwfchamber.com | 218.233.1100

 

All members of the media are invited to attend the event in person or to view online. The Chamber happily encourages the use of photos and video clips in stories or recaps; event recording will be available upon request. Please do not publicly share the event stream or recording in its entirety.

View event page.

 

ADDITIONAL:        Two additional agriculture events taking place in Fargo next week:

 

                                    Bushel Customer Conference

 

Cultivate Conference

 

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Congress passes ocean shipping bill to alleviate shipping backlogs

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NORTH MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) – A bill that aims to ease the strain on the U.S.’s supply chain has passed both the Senate and the House of Representatives, and is now on its way to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature.

The Ocean Shipping Reform Act, proposed by Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and John Thune (R-SD), will put restrictions on international shipping companies at U.S. ports, making it harder for companies to refuse shipping containers filled with U.S. goods, which, until now, have sat in ports not being shipped.

“We basically put some rules in place. We said, ‘Okay, from now on, you’re going to have to charge fair rates, and you also have to send out American manufacturing, goods and farm crops and commodities,’” Klobuchar said.

The legislation passed unanimously in the Senate and passed in the House by a vote of 369-42

Back home, agriculture experts hope this mend to the supply chain will help ease some stress on local farmers.

“The ports are full and our stuff’s not being exported, but their ships come in. What’s going on? This legislation was really needed for that background work for our federal government and the ports and logistics to really get their stuff in order and be able to force some change,” GreenSeam Director Sam Ziegler said.

The bill has been in the works since February and is on schedule to make a noticeable change at the perfect time for farmers.

“They have to have the laws written in the next 45 days or so, and then they have another window of time that they have to have the rules in effect. So it won’t go in effect today anyway, it’ll more last something this fall, which aligns very well with the export season of commodities,” Ziegler said.

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