The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is issuing an advisory to farmers who have conducted business with Global Processing Inc. based in Kanawha, IA and operating in Hope, MN. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 24, 2022. Anyone who has not received payment for grain or who had grain stored with Global Processing Inc. is encouraged to submit a bond claim with the MDA.
The Hope facility, in accordance with the law, held a $50,000 bond with the MDA to help grain sellers and depositors mitigate any losses. To submit a claim, farmers will need to take the following steps:
- Complete a Grain Bond Proof of Claim Form. This can be found at www.mda.state.mn.us/grain.
- Include supporting evidence. This is including but not limited to scale tickets, purchase agreements, purchase receipts, non-sufficient funds checks, contracts, warehouse receipts, assembly sheets, etc.
- Send in the form and supporting evidence by email to grain@state.mn.us or mail to:
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Fruit, Vegetable & Grain Unit
625 North Robert St.
St Paul, MN 55155
Farmers should submit a claim as soon as possible. The deadline for claims is April 24, 2023.
The MDA will review all submitted claims, associated paperwork, internal documents, and records from inspector visits to determine which claims are valid. In the case of multiple valid claims, a pro-rated share will be calculated and dispersed.
Questions on grain bond claim process can be directed to Christine Mader at 651-201-6620 or Christine.Mader@state.mn.us, or Nick Milanowski at 651-201-6076 or Nicholas.Milanowski@state.mn.us.
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Media Contact
Brittany Raveill, MDA Communications
651-201-6131
Brittany.Raveill@state.mn.us
Many of these practices have well documented reductions for nitrate-nitrogen leaching. Specifically, they can reduce nitrogen input needs and /or increase overall uptake of nitrogen making less available for leaching. For some alternative cropping systems, the AMTs may be conditional as they require already-established BMPs to be followed, such as, using nitrogen fertilizer recommendations from the University of Minnesota.
Increasing continuous cover can be accomplished by diversifying crop rotations, adopting perennial cropping systems, and incorporating cover crops.
- Crops with low nitrogen application needs and land cover
- Perennial forage (alfalfa, clover, grass pasture and others)
- Pasture and hayland
- Crops with relatively low nitrogen requirements, such as small grains (e.g., wheat, oats, rye, barley, triticale) and canola
- Perennial grains
- Selection of lower nitrogen requiring varieties and adjusting seeding density
- Forever Green crops and other innovative crops and cropping systems that have the potential to be the next generation of low nitrogen input or nitrogen management crops.
- Set-aside programs – continuous cover
- Land swapping to relocate high-intensity crops from vulnerable areas to a less sensitive location
- Land retirement
Many of these practices have well documented reductions for nitrate-nitrogen leaching. Specifically, they can reduce nitrogen input needs and /or increase overall uptake of nitrogen making less available for leaching. For some alternative cropping systems, the AMTs may be conditional as they require already-established BMPs to be followed, such as, using nitrogen fertilizer recommendations from the University of Minnesota.
Increasing continuous cover can be accomplished by diversifying crop rotations, adopting perennial cropping systems, and incorporating cover crops.
- Crops with low nitrogen application needs and land cover
- Perennial forage (alfalfa, clover, grass pasture and others)
- Pasture and hayland
- Crops with relatively low nitrogen requirements, such as small grains (e.g., wheat, oats, rye, barley, triticale) and canola
- Perennial grains
- Selection of lower nitrogen requiring varieties and adjusting seeding density
- Forever Green crops and other innovative crops and cropping systems that have the potential to be the next generation of low nitrogen input or nitrogen management crops.
- Set-aside programs – continuous cover
- Land swapping to relocate high-intensity crops from vulnerable areas to a less sensitive location
- Land retirement
- Variable rate irrigation water management
- Crediting nitrogen from irrigation water
- Conservation tillage or residue management
- Variable rate irrigation water management
- Crediting nitrogen from irrigation water
- Conservation tillage or residue management
- Equipment – robots, highboys, drones, others
- Data gathering and interpretation software and equipment
- Use of crop sensors to determine nitrogen crop needs
- Seed hybrids – through selection of crop varieties that have been shown to use nitrogen more efficiently, or allow greater nitrogen uptake
- reduced nitrogen input varieties,
- drought tolerant varieties,
- new varieties with traits that can increase nitrogen uptake (e.g. expanded root systems, nodulation)
- Use of soil, plant and/or fertilizer amendments that have been demonstrated effective under similar cropping and climatic conditions
- Equipment – robots, highboys, drones, others
- Data gathering and interpretation software and equipment
- Use of crop sensors to determine nitrogen crop needs
- Seed hybrids – through selection of crop varieties that have been shown to use nitrogen more efficiently, or allow greater nitrogen uptake
- reduced nitrogen input varieties,
- drought tolerant varieties,
- new varieties with traits that can increase nitrogen uptake (e.g. expanded root systems, nodulation)
- Use of soil, plant and/or fertilizer amendments that have been demonstrated effective under similar cropping and climatic conditions