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Crop acreage reporting deadlines changed for forage

ST. PAUL - Minnesota USDA-Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director Linda Hennen announced today that some crop acreage reporting dates have been changed to reduce confusion and eventually be...

news / farm / agriculture Tue, Nov 13, 2012 - 5:00am

Dairy plant in Dawson to close, 130 jobs lost

DAWSON -- Associated Milk Producers Inc.

news / region / agriculture / farm Tue, Nov 06, 2012 - 12:01pm

SURE Sign-Up Period now open

Saint Paul, Minn., - Minnesota USDA-Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director Linda Hennen reminds producers that sign-up for the 2011 Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) began Oct. 22, 2012,...

farm / agriculture / USDA Wed, Oct 31, 2012 - 12:44am

WCROC receives $1.9 million grant for dairy research

MORRIS - Organic dairy farmers and University of Minnesota experts will collaborate on a new study aimed at improving dairies' profitability through improved pasture production, best management practices for animal...

news / farm Mon, Oct 29, 2012 - 1:00pm

Loans available for drought-affected farmers

ST. PAUL -- Farmers in 26 Minnesota counties affected by drought are eligible for federal loans. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the loan program Friday, putting local Farm Service...

news / farm Fri, Oct 26, 2012 - 1:39pm

Grain problems require feeding strategies for swine

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The hot, dry summer weather encountered this past summer has resulted in higher levels of mycotoxins in corn grain being harvested this fall. In order to...

farm / agriculture / extension Tue, Oct 16, 2012 - 6:11am

Cover Crop demonstration field day Oct. 24 in Pope County

The Chippewa 10% Project is conducting a free cover crop demonstration field day Oct. 24, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., near Glenwood and Sunburg. The tour will start at...

farm / agriculture Fri, Oct 12, 2012 - 12:14am

Organic Valley farmers visit the University of Minnesota, Morris

MORRIS - On Wednesday, Oct. 10, several young Organic Valley farmers stopped at the University of Minnesota, Morris to hand out samples of milk and string cheese and talk about...

news / farm Wed, Oct 10, 2012 - 3:21pm

SURE Payments Sign-Up Period opens Oct. 22 for 2011 Crop Losses

SAINT PAUL, MINN -- Farm Service Agency State Executive Director Linda Hennen announced the sign-up period for the 2011 crop year Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) program will open Oct...

farm / USDA Tue, Oct 09, 2012 - 2:43am

The screen of an iPad shows graphics that are used by Ellingson Drainage clients in a new system that allows remote monitoring and programming of field drainage systems. Agweek photo by Mikkel Pates.

Irrigating with tile

FARGO, N.D. -- In a dry year, some farmers in the region are designing sub-surface tile drainage systems to use as sub-surface irrigation, and some soon will be able to...

farm / agriculture Sun, Oct 07, 2012 - 5:29am

America's Farm Co-ops Set Records in 2011

WASHINGTON, DC - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said today that farmer, rancher and fishery cooperatives posted record sales and income in 2011, surpassing the previous record sales year of 2008...

farm / agriculture / USDA Sun, Oct 07, 2012 - 12:15am

Worsening drought picture for Minnesota

As one of the driest Septembers in state history comes to an end, the drought situation in Minnesota is being assessed by a number of state agencies as well as...

farm / news / agriculture / extension Tue, Oct 02, 2012 - 11:33am

Long search pays off

farm / agriculture Tue, Sep 25, 2012 - 5:54am

Deadline near for NAP crop coverage

USDA's Farm Service Agency is advising farmers that Oct. 1 is the deadline to obtain crop year 2013 NAP coverage for crops such as perennial forage crops and select fruits/vegetable...

farm / agriculture / USDA Mon, Sep 24, 2012 - 12:05am

Harvest well underway in Stevens County

Area grain producers continued to make progress on corn and soybean harvest this past week as dry conditions persist across the state. According to the USDA, NASS, Minnesota Field Office,...

news / farm Wed, Sep 19, 2012 - 3:19pm

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