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Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Chilean president Michelle Bachelet and their staffs meet Thursday. The meeting was in Santiago, Chile, as Pawlenty and about 40 other Minnesotans took part in a trade mission. Photograph courtesy U.S. Embassy, Santiago.

Pawlenty: Minnesota, Brazil can cooperate on ethanol

By Don Davis St. Paul Capitol Bureau ST. PAUL -- Brazil is one of Minnesota's major ethanol competitors, but Minnesota Gov.

news / agriculture Thu, Dec 10, 2009 - 4:23pm

Morris FFA to be featured on RFD TV

The Morris FFA Chapter from Morris Area High School will be showcased on "This Week In AgriBusiness," a weekly, one-hour television agriculture news program on the RFD TV network. "This...

news / agriculture Thu, Dec 10, 2009 - 11:21am

Sugar beet cooperative reorganizes board of directors

RENVILLE -- Mark Arnold of Holloway will serve as chairman of the board of directors for the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative. Arnold was among those elected during the cooperative's...

farm / agriculture Wed, Dec 09, 2009 - 1:45am

MDA urges farmers and other diesel users to winterize fuel now

With some fall fieldwork still underway, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is reminding farmers to winterize their diesel fuel. Colder temperatures may cause problems for equipment still running on...

farm / agriculture Tue, Dec 08, 2009 - 2:07pm

Apply now for farm business management scholarships from MDA

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota growers of several specialty crops may qualify for scholarships to offset the cost of farm business management classes through a program administered by the Minnesota...

farm / agriculture / education Sat, Dec 05, 2009 - 4:25am

Grain dryer fire at IFAS

news / agriculture Thu, Dec 03, 2009 - 2:02pm

Consider tillage options following late, wet harvest

ST. PAUL, Minn. --The wet fall has made harvest very challenging. Not only are farmers scratching their heads about how they are going to get in the field to harvest,...

farm / agriculture / extension Tue, Dec 01, 2009 - 3:13am

Mehmet Tulbek explains the workings of the new pilot-scale durum mill to Duane Hauck on Tuesday during a tour of the Northern Crops Institute on the campus of North Dakota State University in Fargo. David Samson / The Forum

Mill able to do double duty

Northern Crop Institute's mill now can do double duty. The organization's pilot-scale durum mill has been converted so that it can mill the type of wheat used for bread, too...

farm / agriculture Thu, Nov 26, 2009 - 12:53am

Douglas County farmers have been working diligently to get crops out of the ground after an unseasonably wet October. This field of soybeans located along County Road 11 north of Alexandria was just harvested last week. Echo Press photo by Lowell Anderson

A harvest of concern

By Greta Petrich Alexandria Echo Press Fields of corn still stand where plowed fields should be surfacing - that's just one of the problems facing area farmers as they push...

news / farm / agriculture Tue, Nov 24, 2009 - 2:15pm

Cattle Feeders Day Dec. 7 in Morris

The University of Minnesota Extension Beef Team is proud to announce this year's Minnesota Cattle Feeder Days to be held Dec. 7-10 at five sites in southern Minnesota. This year's...

farm / extension / agriculture Wed, Nov 18, 2009 - 12:54am

Talking It Over -- Farming in all conditions

I am so relieved to see that the weather is finally cooperating and some of the fall field work is being completed. I know it has been a big worry...

agriculture / opinion Fri, Nov 13, 2009 - 5:28pm

Farmers urged to Vote in County Committee Elections

The County Committee elections are underway, as USDA has mailed ballots to eligible voters. The deadline to return the ballots to local FSA offices is Dec. 7, 2009. "It is...

USDA / farm / agriculture Tue, Nov 10, 2009 - 6:00am

Minnesota Grown - now 1,000 members strong

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Grown Program reached its 1,000 member milestone today with a celebration at Hidden Valley Produce farm near Mazeppa. Minnesota Grown has been growing in...

farm / agriculture Tue, Nov 10, 2009 - 5:58am

DNR offers outlook and reminders for firearms deer season

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) offers some important information and tips for the nearly 500,000 hunters who will be venturing into fields and forests when the firearms deer...

Fri, Nov 06, 2009 - 11:05am

Red River flowing at highest recorded level in November

The Red River in Fargo is flowing at the highest level ever recorded for the month of November, the U.S. Geological Survey says. The Red was flowing at 8,040 cubic...

news Thu, Nov 05, 2009 - 1:50pm

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