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A Worker at the Callaway Elevator attempts to signal the crane operator after he and another man cut a hole in the side of a grain storage bin to drain the wheat inside Thursday afternoon. The storage bin had buckled and was leaning to the north. (Brian Basham/Record)

Grain showers in Callaway

A large grain storage bin at the Callaway Elevator started buckling Wednesday, causing an emergency response from CHS, the company that operates the elevator. Christine Thompson, spokeswoman for CHS, said...

news / farm / agriculture Mon, Sep 13, 2010 - 6:55am

Putting an old granary to good use

There has been something going down at the Bill and Arletta Myers farm. It is an old granary built in 1939. The granary is being dismantled board by board with...

news Wed, Aug 11, 2010 - 11:12am

Farm bill funds may fight floods

farm / agriculture Tue, Jun 15, 2010 - 7:56am

Rollers gain popularity among farmers

By Julie Buntjer Worthington Daily Globe WORTHINGTON -- More and more farmers throughout the area are pulling an odd form of farm implement behind their tractors these days -- rollers...

news Sat, May 22, 2010 - 12:29pm

Producers Reminded to File Annual Report of Acreage to Meet Farm Program Requirements

USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Jonathan Coppess reminds producers to submit their annual report of acreage to their local FSA county office to meet FSA program eligibility requirements. "Producers...

farm / USDA Fri, Apr 30, 2010 - 11:48am

USDA to cut subsidies as insurers post big profits

MINNEAPOLIS -- The federal government wants to save taxpayers billions of dollars by reducing spending on crop insurance after years of big profits by insurers, but the industry claims the...

farm / agriculture / USDA Thu, Apr 29, 2010 - 7:48am

Reduce plant stress at planting time

Due to the late harvest last fall, many fields did not receive fall tillage or fertilizers. Residue is light in color and reflects the sunlight, which slows soil warm-up. This...

farm / agriculture / extension Fri, Apr 09, 2010 - 5:59am

Plan now for successful corn planting

With field work just around the corner, now is the time to evaluate decisions related to corn planting. University of Minnesota research can help you make decisions such as when...

farm / agriculture Wed, Mar 31, 2010 - 3:26am

Wet spring, corn residue affect spring nutrient management

The agriculturally troubled fall of 2009 may be over, but here comes the sequel--a potentially wet spring. Due to the late corn harvest, many fields have yet to be tilled,...

farm / agriculture Wed, Feb 10, 2010 - 2:16am

Wheat growers approve higher check-off rate

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota wheat growers have approved a referendum to increase their commodity check-off rate. The vote was 334 to 154 to increase the wheat check-off from one...

farm / agriculture Tue, Feb 02, 2010 - 3:12pm

Farm land values increase slightly

Farm land values continued to rise last year and are once again reaching all time record levels, according to an annual survey on bare farm land sales. However, the recent...

farm / extension / agriculture Tue, Jan 26, 2010 - 11:38am

Agricultural experts: Get active to protect and produce America's food

WILLMAR -- "Don't let what happened to us happen to you." The words of a German farmer could well be a foretelling of the demise of American animal agriculture and...

farm / agriculture Wed, Jan 20, 2010 - 3:39am

Otter Tail ethanol plant also planning bioenergy center

FERGUS FALLS -- Otter Tail Ag Enterprises LLC will be among the first to take advantage of newly developed technology to convert the byproducts of ethanol production into clean energy...

farm / agriculture Thu, Jan 14, 2010 - 12:19am

USDA projects record corn yield

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is projecting U.S. corn production at a record 13.2 billion bushels. This is up from 12.9 billion bushels projected in USDA's December forecast and 1...

news / USDA / agriculture Tue, Jan 12, 2010 - 1:09pm

Dennis Haaland, of East Yellow Medicine Pheasants Forever, left, visits with Mike and Arvid Risa about the hunting benefits made possible by the land they enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program. Tribune file photo

West central region keeps majority of its CRP lands

WILLMAR -- More than 3.4 million acres across the country was pulled out of the Conservation Reserve Program when the contracts on those lands expired in September. Most of that...

farm / agriculture / USDA Tue, Jan 05, 2010 - 8:57am

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