Attention specialty crop growers: Grant applications available
Specialty crop growers in Minnesota can now apply for the 2010 Specialty Crop Block Grant program through the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA).
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Now that you’ve selected the seeds you’d like to grow in your garden, you might be considering starting some of those plants indoors.
RELATED CONTENTWorkshop offers advice about family farming
A family farm succession workshop featuring Dr. Ron Hanson from the University of Nebraska will be held Tuesday, February 16.
RELATED CONTENTMeeting to address ACRE, milk, crop issues
The Farm Business Management program at Central Lakes College will host a free producer meeting to address questions regarding the ACRE program, milk and crop marketing opportunities as well as the latest strategies using crop insurance.
RELATED CONTENTDeadline nears for wool farm loans
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds producers that the final date to request a 2009 crop Marketing Assistance Loans (MAL) or Loan Deficiency Payments (LDP) for wool, mohair, and/or unshorn pelts from lambs slaughtered in 2009 is Monday, February 1, 2010.
RELATED CONTENTResidents frustrated over odors from Thief River Falls dairy operation 
Children fussed. Parents cried. Senators were outraged. Bureaucrats explained. “We have been pushed into the living conditions of a third-world country,” Jeff Brouse told a Senate health committee hearing about a three-year effort to clean up a rural Thief River Falls dairy operation.
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The top question I am asked at this time of year is, “What garden catalogs do you like best?”
RELATED CONTENTApply now for farm business management scholarships
Minnesota growers of several specialty crops may qualify for scholarships to offset the cost of farm business management classes through a program administered by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA).
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The Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council (MSR&PC) is currently seeking applicants for the 2010 Soybean Ambassador Program.
RELATED CONTENTStudy says more should be done to minimize atrazine impact
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) announced it has completed a multi-agency review of the herbicide atrazine in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
RELATED CONTENTAgricultural experts: Get active to protect and produce America's food
"Don’t let what happened to us happen to you.” The words of a German farmer could well be a foretelling of the demise of American animal agriculture and of food safety and security in this country.
RELATED CONTENTOtter Tail ethanol plant also planning bioenergy center
Otter Tail Ag Enterprises LLC in Fergus Falls will be among the first to take advantage of newly developed technology to convert the byproducts of ethanol production into clean energy as well.
RELATED CONTENTExtension offers training for 4-H judges
Youth development is the goal of 4-H, the youth organization of the University of Minnesota Extension Service.
RELATED CONTENTElections for Minnesota Beef Council scheduled
Elections for five Minnesota Beef Promotion and Research Council directors will be held during late March.
RELATED CONTENTProgram helps farmers struggling with dairy losses
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the implementation of the new Dairy Economic Loss Assistance Payment (DELAP) program.
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