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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.
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.
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.
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.”
