agriculture

WILLMAR -- Local legislators agree that the state's budget crisis, with a $5 billion deficit over the next two years, is challenging because there is no way to know when...

By Janell Cole and Don Davis Forum Communications U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., left for Europe this weekend to discuss ways to regulate little-known and difficult-to-understand "credit default swaps." The...

BROOKLYN PARK - The state Department of Agriculture could face as much as 10 percent budget cut in the next biennium, forcing the agency to prioritize programs. What was thought...

By Don Davis St. Paul Capitol Bureau ST. PAUL - Collin Peterson heads overseas next week to discuss a complex financial regulation issue with European leaders. In fact, he handles...

A Late Harvest there was a lot of corn left in the field when October's sun began to yield to early sleet and blowing snow white soon covered waiting rows...

The soybean harvest has started in Stevens County. Paul Groneberg of Centrol, Inc. has seen variable yields this season, dependant on moisture variation and soil type. The differences between fields,...

The U.S. House of Representatives voted last week to approve a bipartisan bill to increase the transparency, oversight, and anti-manipulation authority over commodity futures and options markets. The House overwhelmingly...

Edward B. Knipling, Administrator of the United States Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Research Service, will be participating in the 50th anniversary celebration of the North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory...

Often people will ask me, "Why don't you write a column about people who..." You can fill in the blank with any number of annoyances committed by People Who. Last...

As a life-long napper, I have become a connoisseur of naps. Naps come in different shapes, sizes and depths. All nap types have their place, but some naps are more...

What keeps organizations going year after year after year, long after their original purpose has disappeared, long after the flame has died out, long after anybody stopped caring? What makes...

The swamp out my front window is waking up. Two nights ago, thousands of frogs started spring choral practice. A week earlier, the red-winged blackbirds returned with their metallic trill,...

By Scott Wente St. Paul Capitol Bureau ST. PAUL - Minnesota companies already export agricultural goods, including livestock, to Cuba but a state delegation is headed there to plant seeds...