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🌱 How CHS grain elevator closures could hit Waseca-area farmers’ bottom lines

Waseca, Minnesota Patch AM: a 3 min read

Hello again Waseca! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How CHS grain elevator closures could hit Waseca-area farmers’ bottom lines
  • How Waseca’s innovation center is powering the future of biogas

Also on today's calendar: Los T - Waseca and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A steady afternoon breeze, with a high of 84 and low of 62 degrees.
  • Thursday: Not as warm with a t-storm, temps: high: 76, low: 62.
  • Friday: An afternoon t-storm; humid, with a high of 78 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• CHS closures deepen consolidation concerns for southeast Minnesota grain farmers (agweek.com) — Farmers near Waseca are part of a broader squeeze as CHS plans to close three southeast Minnesota grain elevators after the 2026 harvest, forcing longer hauls and higher costs. State farm leaders warn the consolidation could weaken competition, hurt local grain prices, and ripple through rural economies, even as CHS shifts focus to larger facilities in places like Mankato and Fairmont.
   

• AURI, Swedish firm partner to advance biogas innovation (brownfieldagnews.com) — A new partnership between Minnesota’s Agricultural Utilization Research Institute and Swedish firm BPC Instruments will center key biogas research and training at AURI’s Bio-industrial Innovation Center in Waseca. The collaboration aims to turn agricultural residues and organic waste into renewable fuels like compressed and renewable natural gas, helping standardize methods that could strengthen Minnesota and Upper Midwest biogas markets.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • Faribault Cathedral's Heritage Days schedule is released (southernminn.com)
  • How Rice County Area United Way determines which groups, programs get funded (southernminn.com)

Ok Waseca! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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