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Deadline approaches for three Farm Service Agency programs

Stevens County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Veronica Curfman, reminds producers that the approaching June 1, 2012, deadline is for Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE), the Direct and...

news / farm / agriculture / USDA Mon, May 21, 2012 - 3:33pm

Rep. Collin Peterson

Peterson will host series of farm bill update meetings

Detroit Lakes, Minn - Rep. Collin Peterson will be hosting a series of farm meetings next week throughout western Minnesota. Peterson will provide an update on the Farm Bill reauthorization...

farm / agriculture Thu, May 17, 2012 - 7:48pm

U research guides growers on cover crop selection, planting date

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Cover crops are any green crops grown between cash crops. They come in many different varieties, but until recently little information was available to help growers...

farm / agriculture / extension Wed, May 16, 2012 - 12:34am

USDA celebrates 150th year of service

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today marked the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and highlighted the positive impact that USDA has on the life of...

farm / agriculture Tue, May 15, 2012 - 11:32am

MnDOT reminds farmers to use safe practices when planting, mowing crops in highway rights of way

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. -- The Minnesota Department of Transportation reminds farmers that planting crops within rights of way is illegal because as crops grow higher and fuller they can block...

news / region / agriculture Mon, May 14, 2012 - 9:34am

FSA Reminds Producers of the 2012 DCP/ACRE Sign Up Deadline

Sign up for the 2012 Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment Program (DCP) and Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Programs will run through June 1, 2012. Producers who signed into DCP in...

farm / agriculture / USDA Tue, Apr 17, 2012 - 12:30am

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

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