Change coming for buffer law (MinnPost): Both candidates for Minnesota governor would alter the state law requiring buffer strips along waterways; one would repeal it and the other would tweak it.
Soybean exports disappear (AFBF): Through the first seven weeks of this marketing year, U.S. soybean exports are down by 41 percent, largely due to a near-shutoff of sales to China because of the trade war.
Rural job growth falters (Daily Yonder): In the 12 months ending in August, more than two-thirds of the 1.7 million new U.S. jobs were in metropolitan areas with more than 1 million people. A scant 38,000 were in rural counties.
USDA names North Dakota lab for Schafer (Agweek): The USDA formally renamed its agricultural research lab in Fargo in honor of Ed Schafer, the only North Dakotan to serve as agriculture secretary.
China imports fewer soybeans (IGC): Although China is cutting back on soybean imports for the second year in a row, smaller markets in Asia, as well as buyers in the EU and Africa, will more than make up the difference and propel world trade in soybeans to a record high this trade year.