December 2, 2020

'Suicide survivors are all of us and are everywhere'

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture and Minnesota Department of Health teamed up on Dec. 1 to present a suicide bereavement webinar to help describe what […]
November 24, 2020

Farm business adds pet services to diversify, support new generation

The Doll family of Perham didn’t set out to run a pet store in the beginning. But changing rural demographics, with fewer farms and ranches […]
November 11, 2020

Farm finances stabilized by government relief and good production

Results from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis’ third-quarter ag credit conditions survey were shared Nov. 10 by Joe Mahon, the Fed’s regional outreach director. […]
November 9, 2020

Sale ends an era for Minnesota tractor collector

But Steve Flies’ farm just north of Plainview was famous for its growing collection of vintage tractors. “We didn’t golf or fish much,” Flies said, […]
November 3, 2020

Amid dicamba uncertainty, Enlist soybeans may be a popular option

The Ninth Circuit on June 3, vacated the registrations of three dicamba herbicides — Bayer’s Xtendimax, BASF’s Engenia and Corteva’s FeXapan. That created some level […]
November 2, 2020

At 81, Wicht still revved for farming race

Wicht Farms, based in Todd County, is a vision of modern farming, impeccably neat and standing on the south side of Interstate 94. He and […]
October 27, 2020

Trump effect looms over Minnesota race, future of House ag chair

This will come clear on Nov. 3. It may be the most consequential ag-related congressional race in the nation. U.S. House Agriculture Chairman Rep. Collin […]
October 26, 2020

Minn. hemp farmer banned from having license settles into new role

Reed’s consultant is Luis “Lulu Magoo” Hummel, who still faces criminal charges in Fillmore County District Court of fifth-degree drug sales, felony possession of a […]
October 12, 2020

International ag internship program's long history of success interrupted by COVID-19

Since 1978, more than 40,000 visitors have been on U.S. farms because of the program. But because of COVID-19, hundreds of farmers are left in […]
October 4, 2020

2020 corn chopping moving along after 'painful' 2019

“Last year was painful,” he said. Reierson runs a custom chopping operation on the side of farming and ranching with his dad, Wayne, in Pollock, […]