Livestock

Minnesota livestock producers can submit notices of animal loss and apply for payment to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (FSA) disaster programs. They were reinstated with the passage of the 2014 Farm Bill. Funding is retroactive and covers some losses back...

The Sustainable Farming Association (SFA) has three grazing-focused workshops coming up in the next month or so, continuing its commitment to grass-fed livestock production. The first is a Pasture Profitability Field Day at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 29 near Wadena, where attendees will tour...

Minnesota livestock producers have a new voluntary and proactive way to address water quality issues on their land through the Livestock Environmental Quality Assurance (LEQA) program. With funds from the environmentally-dedicated sales tax, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture...

More than $350,000 in disaster assistance is being sent to Minnesota livestock, honeybee and farm-raised fish producers that suffered losses in 2009 because of disease, adverse weather or other conditions. The aid will come from the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and...

Minnesota farmers who suffered livestock losses due to the June 17 storms may be eligible to receive benefits through the USDA Farm Service Agency's Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP). Producers who lost livestock need to notify their local FSA office within 30 days after the weather...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has reached an agreement with Joe Varner that requires him to pay $45,000 for alleged feedlot violations at his cattle farm near Clarissa in Todd County. MPCA and Todd County feedlot staff inspections during 2008-2009 revealed several...

June is National Dairy Month and the United Way Community Impact Coalition wants to boost awareness of the nutritional value that milk can provide in a young child's diet. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that nutritional deprivation, specifically during a child's...

Late-filed applications for the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) will be accepted for losses that took place in calendar years 2008 and 2009. ELAP sign-up ended on December 10, 2009, for 2008 losses and on February 1, 2010 for 2009...

Late-filed applications for the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) will be accepted for losses that took place in calendar years 2008 and 2009. ELAP sign-up ended on December 10, 2009, for 2008 losses and on February 1, 2010 for 2009...

ST. PAUL -- Cities could donate to 4-H clubs under two bills senators tentatively passed Thursday. Formal passage is expected in the next few days. Sen. Kathy Saltzman, DFL-Woodbury, said she brought the proposal forward because when Washington County cut its 4-H funding, cities...

Jesse and Kim Lusty of Miltona are new members of the American Angus Association, reports Bryce Schumann, CEO of the national breed registry organization in St. Joseph, Missouri. The American Angus Association, with nearly 31,000 active adult and junior members, is the largest beef...

The Minnesota gray wolf should be removed immediately from the federal government's endangered and threatened species list and returned to state management, according to a petition filed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). It's an action supported by Minnesota...

Minnesota's organic livestock producers are expected to benefit from a new federal rule that more clearly defines pasture requirements for organic ruminant animals such as cattle, sheep and goats. The National Organic Program Final Rule that went into effect in 2002 specified that...

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, leading 18 senators in a letter Thursday, urged Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Trade Representative Ron Kirk to ensure China keeps its commitment to reopen its markets to American pork exports. "Minnesota pork producers across the nation...