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The founder and president of the Midwest Forage Association said major companies have exited the alfalfa seed industry, and as a result, have had an impact on its funding sources. → Read More
Panelists at the Agweek Farm Show shed light on succession planning along with financial and tax management strategies. → Read More
A seminar at the Agweek Farm Show examined the H-2A program and other job recruitment strategies that have worked in the past and are working right now for agriculture. → Read More
The company, which began contracting and producing certified organic seed in 1998, acquired Blue River Organic Seed this summer, making it the largest organic field seed supplier in the country. → Read More
Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin told Zach Ducheneaux that Tree-Range farms has created a blueprint for USDA's Farm Service Agency. → Read More
Dean Sponheim and Andy Linder recently shared their successes and failures with cover crops and no-tilling at a soil-health workshop in Stewartville. → Read More
Producers in Olmsted County can use the cost-share programs to introduce or integrate more conservation practices into their operations. → Read More
Isaiah Schwen, son of Steven Schwen, owner of Oak Center General Store, has moved back to help his father transition the business to the next generation. → Read More
The family, which sells their milk to AMPI, milks around 230 Holstein cows and have a small feedlot where they finish steers. → Read More
Throughout the country, 25 Catholic Worker communities are currently known to be involved in farming or agriculture. → Read More
Minnesota Farmers Union, Minnesota Soybean Growers Association and Minnesota Corn Growers Association were pleased with items in Gov. Tim Walz's "One Minnesota Budget" proposal. → Read More
Two kombucha brewing companies operating in southeast Minnesota look to source their flavors locally. → Read More
Chippewa Valley Bean exports to around 30 different countries on a yearly basis on five different continents. → Read More
Caitlin and Jason Keck’s two-year term on the American Farm Bureau Federation committee begins next month. → Read More
Wanda Patsche, new Farm Camp director, has farmed with her husband near I-90 in southern Minnesota since the 1970s and shares her passion for farming on her blog. → Read More
The operators of Choose & Cut Fraser Firs in Rochester said they’ll have plenty of Christmas trees available all the way up until Christmas. → Read More
David Bau, a University of Minnesota Extension educator, predicts that farmland rental rates in Minnesota will increase by about $10 an acre in 2023. → Read More
The Olmsted County Poor Farm was established in 1868 as a 240-acre working farm, and was moved to various locations by the county until it remained in the same spot from 1896 until it closed in 1943. The original farmhouse of the Olmsted County Poor Farm is now a three-story apartment complex in southeast Rochester. → Read More
40-Acre Co-op offers farmers from socially disadvantaged backgrounds support and resources to succeed in the field, while Big River Farms is an incubator farm near where farmers have access to land, farm resources and education to build their businesses. → Read More
The operation is run by Jim Jirik, who worked for the National Resource Conservation Service for 35 years and his son, Joe Jirik, who now works for the LeSueur County Soil And Water Conservation District. → Read More