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FARMING

A March 3 reception will also feature sustainable farmers
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Brenden Bryce of Lowry received the Minnesota Youth Beef Experience Program's Symposium heifer donated by the Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association at the 2022 Minnesota Beef Expo.

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There is no cost to attend, and participants may attend any or all of them.
Tribal officials said they felt an urgency to act because of the increase in proposed large livestock operations on and near the reservation
Farmland rental rates are the largest input cost the farmer has, and negotiating a fair rental agreement that satisfies both landowner and farmer is a challenge.
"They picked us," says Mark Grimes, who runs Homestead Arts Farm in Pine Island with his wife, Lori Grimes, welcoming people to learn about their fuzzy friends.
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“I don’t think anything comes out of sitting in a cell,” said Kathy Lionberger, division director at the Northeast Regional Corrections Center.
When Jay Clark and Tammy Soma Clark began Rochester's Apples R Us in 2009 they only had 300 trees planted, now in 2022, they have over 12,500 with plans to plant a third orchard section by 2024.

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The 15-acre lot of apple trees in Rochester is now almost 10 times in size since it was purchased in 1962.
Ten Finns Creamery is Minnesota's first A2 only herd and creamery. A2 is a type of protein found in cows' milk. Regular milk has both A1 and A2 proteins. Joel Hendrickson of Ten Finns Creamery's herd of milking cows only have A2 protein.
“In the initial years, we felt kind of embarrassed that we were the ones to take that leap," said Veronica Gaidelis-Langer, owner of Sweet Land Farm. "I am so proud of how far we’ve come and how much we’ve learned.”

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