AGRICULTURE
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).By Staff Report , February 06, 2010
Workshop 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.January 27, 2010
Meeting 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.January 27, 2010
Deadline 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.January 27, 2010
Residents 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.
By Don Davis , January 24, 2010
Top picks for gardening catalogs
The top question I am asked at this time of year is, “What garden catalogs do you like best?”
By By Robin Trott, Extension Educator , January 20, 2010
Apply 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).
January 20, 2010
Apply now for state's soybean ambassador program
The Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council (MSR&PC) is currently seeking applicants for the 2010 Soybean Ambassador Program.
January 20, 2010
Study 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.
January 20, 2010
Agricultural 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.
By Gretchen Schlosser , January 19, 2010
Otter 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.
By Staff Report , January 16, 2010
USDA projects record corn yields
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is projecting U.S. corn production at a record 13.2 billion bushels.
By Staff Report , January 16, 2010
Extension offers training for 4-H judges
Youth development is the goal of 4-H, the youth organization of the University of Minnesota Extension Service.
January 13, 2010
Elections for Minnesota Beef Council scheduled
Elections for five Minnesota Beef Promotion and Research Council directors will be held during late March.
January 13, 2010
Program helps farmers struggling with dairy losses
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the implementation of the new Dairy Economic Loss Assistance Payment (DELAP) program.
January 13, 2010
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