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Research leads to tool for managing reduced-oil animal feed products

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Currently, there are 207 ethanol production facilities in the U.S. which produce over 36 million metric tons of wet and dried distillers grains, which has become...

farm / agriculture / extension Mon, Apr 16, 2012 - 8:45am

Field drains affect flooding

WEST FARGO -- Tile drainage of farm fields has been cast as a villain that aggravates flooding in the Red River Valley, but also held out as a great hope...

farm / agriculture Thu, Apr 12, 2012 - 9:57am

Documentary about young farmers at University of Minnesota, Morris tonight

MORRIS, Minn. - The Land Stewardship Project and the Foodlums of the University of Minnesota, Morris will be holding a film screening of "The Greenhorns," a documentary about the stories...

news / agriculture Thu, Apr 12, 2012 - 9:51am

Two Morris Area FFA students named State FFA Star finalists

MORRIS, Minn. - Two Morris Area students are finalists for State FFA Star awards for their Supervised Agriculture Experiences in the Morris area. Junior Brooke Wente is a finalist in...

news / education / agriculture Sat, Apr 07, 2012 - 5:00am

CRP sign up extended by one week

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Bruce Nelson today announced that the sign-up deadline for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) has been extended...

farm / agriculture / USDA Wed, Apr 04, 2012 - 4:59pm

Sugar beets-to-ethanol

farm / agriculture Tue, Apr 03, 2012 - 11:58am

CRP sign up ends on April 6

SAINT PAUL, MINN., - Farm Service Agency Minnesota Executive Director Linda Hennen today reminded landowners, farmers and ranchers in Minnesota that the opportunity to enroll in the Conservation Reserve Program...

farm / USDA / agriculture Mon, Apr 02, 2012 - 10:01am

U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson (center) visited with the West Central Cattlemen prior to the Stevens County Farm Bureau banquet on Friday, March 16. During his stop in Morris, Peterson said he hoped the Farm Bill would be passed in June or July, but that he feared it could be held up on the House or Senate floor.

Peterson hopes to see Farm Bill passed by the summer

MORRIS, Minn. - The 2012 Farm Bill could be passed in June, if partisan politics don't stall the measure on the House or Senate floor, U.S. Representative Collin Peterson said...

farm / news / agriculture Fri, Mar 23, 2012 - 3:56pm

(Left) Chuck Ackman, Adam Durand and Andy Martin, staff members for Sen. Amy Klobuchar, stopped at the West Central Research and Outreach Center Wednesday, March 21 to gather local input about the 2012 Farm Bill. They were joined by Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture Dave Frederickson.

Klobuchar staff seek local input on Farm Bill provisions

MORRIS, Minn. - Maintaining a strong, locally-administered crop insurance program is important for small farmers and should be maintained in the 2012 Farm Bill, a local farmer told members of...

farm / news / agriculture Fri, Mar 23, 2012 - 3:48pm

New proposal to cap farm payments

farm / agriculture Thu, Mar 22, 2012 - 9:23am

Decent growing season ahead?

The Upper Midwest should see near-normal temperatures and precipitation in the upcoming growing season, a weather expert said. Leon Osborne, president of Meridian Environmental Technology in Grand Forks, N.D., spoke...

farm / agriculture Wed, Mar 21, 2012 - 12:15am

Driverless tractor

farm / agriculture Tue, Mar 20, 2012 - 9:12am

Kevin Kokesch, utilities supervisor for the city of Franklin, checks the bin on the hot water boilers that are fueled by renewable energy pellets. The Minnesota Valley Alfalfa Producers continues to experiment and test different recipes for renewable energy pellets. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Franklin, Minn., an unlikely biomass test kitchen

The Minnesota Valley Alfalfa Producers are striving to concoct the right recipe for rural economic development and energy independence. Their test kitchen is the small Renville County community of Franklin,...

farm / agriculture Tue, Mar 20, 2012 - 12:42am

Senator Amy Klobuchar

Klobuchar staff to hold Farm Bill meeting in Morris March 21

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar has announced that three key members of her staff will be traveling throughout Minnesota to hold a series of regional meetings seeking the public's ideas and...

farm / agriculture / government Mon, Mar 19, 2012 - 8:39am

No change in crop insurance delivery

WASHINGTON -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Feb. 17 he has no plans to turn the crop insurance program over to the Farm Service Agency county offices, although the cost...

farm / agriculture / USDA Tue, Feb 28, 2012 - 11:04am

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