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WASHINGTON, DC – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the Natural Resources Conservation Service 's Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) will provide nearly $175 million in funding for up to...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The potential of reduced production due to delayed planting in 2013 because of the cold, wet start to the growing season could result in additional challenges...

ST. PAUL, Minn. —bCommodity Challenge, an online grain trading game, has been redesigned and relaunched by a University of Minnesota Extension economist at the University’s Center for Farm Financial Management...

Weather conditions are delaying the onset of corn planting, but wide fluctuations in corn planting progress are not uncommon in Minnesota. By the end of April, about 50 percent or...

DENVER, Colo. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that Advanced BioEnergy, LLC, based in Bloomington, Minn., has agreed to pay penalties totaling $136,500 to settle claims related to...

MORRIS – We're used to seeing “locally grown” advertisements on meats and vegetables. But Stevens County residents may eventually be able to purchase some locally grown products in the shampoo...

MORRIS --The Morris Wetland Management District is seeking grazers for a two year grazing project on 180 acres at the Kolstad Lake Waterfowl Production Area (WPA) in central Pope County...

ST. PAUL, Minn. —The drought of 2012 was an extraordinary event, and extraordinary events create extraordinary circumstances. With planting just weeks away, corn and soybean prices are displaying extraordinary inverses...

GLENWOOD, Minn, -- A workshop on the pros and cons of long-term conservation leases and land contracts for beginning and retiring farmers will be held Thursday, April 4, from 5:30...

ST. PAUL, Minn. —Tuesday, March 19, is National Agriculture Day. This is a day to recognize the hard working men and women who produce the food, feed, fiber and fuel...

ST. PAUL -- Agriculture Commissioner Dave Frederickson and Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman issued a consumer alert Friday encouraging Minnesota farmers to consider purchasing crop insurance ahead of this year’s growing...

ST. PAUL — The area of Minnesota’s landscape in severe to extreme drought diminished during February, dropping from 84 percent of the state’s landscape to under 70 percent. This modest...

Farmers usually enjoy a yield boost when corn is planted following an alfalfa crop. The major reasons: reduced pest and disease pressure, better soil structure that enhances root growth and...