Name: MCIA Office Closed: New Year’s Day
Start: 2025-01-01T00:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-01-01T23:59:59-06:00
Location: MCIA Office

Left: Andrea Johnson; Photo courtesy Andrea Johnson. Right: Paula Mohr; Photo: MCIA.

MCIA salutes Paula Mohr and Andrea Johnson upon their well-earned retirements. Both are veteran journalists who have reported extensively about agriculture in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, including many articles about the activities of MCIA and the experiences and accomplishments of MCIA’s members.

Paula Mohr retired from her position as editor of The Farmer magazine last winter. Andrea Johnson retired from her position as a reporter for the Minnesota Farm Guide/Farm and Ranch Guide this spring. In recognition of their service to agriculture and support for MCIA, MCIA honored both women with the Honorary Premier Seed Grower award; Mohr in 2020 and Johnson in 2022.

This year’s Minnesota Certified Seed Guide is now available! Minnesota Farm Guide published the 2022 edition earlier this month. This annual publication is a collaborative effort of MCIA and the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES). It lists seed producers, includes MAES crop trial results, and features news and information relevant to the seed industry.

Take the opportunity to learn about the University of Minnesota’s new releases: three new conventional soybean varieties as well as a first-ever winter barley variety, MN-Equinox. Another article, written by Andrea Johnson, profiles MCIA Foundation Seed Manager Roger Wippler, who, for three decades, has led MCIA’s successful efforts to promote public seed varieties, working collaboratively with university breeders, certified seed producers, and farmers.

A digital version of the Minnesota Certified Seed Guide can be found here. If you’d like a printed copy, please request one from your MCIA field supervisor or from the MCIA office.

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Salute to Johnson and Mohr

2022 Minnesota Certified Seed Guide Published