Grants Awarded
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has given seven on-farm research and demonstration projects $100,000.The three-year projects are meant to increase farm profits, improve farm family’s lives...
View ArticleEmergency Loans
Emergency farm loans are available from the Farm Service Agency for farmers in St. Louis, Cass, Cook, Itasca and Lake counties in Minnesota.30 Minnesota counties have been declared states of emergency...
View ArticleMinnesota Farmers Made Less
According to a survey conducted by the University of Minnesota, Minnesota farmers earned less last year than they did in 2007.The decline is blamed on the price of land and the cost of supplies.In 2008...
View ArticleMinnesota Planting Almost Complete!
According to the USDA, corn planting in Minnesota is only at 96 percent complete.The corn is starting to appear despite current wet conditions. The rain is holding up planting for most farmers. For...
View ArticleMinnesota Farmers Planting Corn
Minnesota farmers nearly finished planting corn last week, and soybean planting is not far behind.A week ago, soybean planting was at 28 percent complete, but today it is at 52 percent. Corn is over 90...
View ArticleVeterans Finance Bill Passed
On May 16 Minnesota Governor Pawlenty signed the veterans finance bill passed by the Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate. The bill allows funding for the Minnesota Department of...
View ArticleFarmers Worried About Post-Flood Crops
Farmers in North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota are worried that current flood conditions will result in crop loss like the dismal year of 1997. That year spring blizzards caused devastating...
View ArticlePilot Program to Diversify Minnesota Crops
Minnesota commercial fruit and vegetable producers may be eligible for a pilot USDA program. This program is designed to give farmers more planting flexibility.Farmers only in Minnesota and six other...
View Article6,000 Megawatts in North Dakota’s Future?
Wind farms are quickly growing across North Dakota.Dakota’s Public Service Commission announced that proposed wind projects that total almost 6,000 megawatts of power are in a regulatory stage.The...
View ArticleIrrigation Increasingly Important to Midwest Farming
Irrigation systems have become more and more important across the drought-ravaged Midwest as farmers are looking for new techniques to grow crops in an increasingly hostile climate.Last summer’s...
View ArticleDairy Support Price Program
Details about the USDA’s new program, Dairy Product Price Support Program, have been released. Senator Amy Klobuchar supported the bill that provides $350 million to dairy farmers who are struggling...
View ArticleWind Farm Approved
Allian Energy Corp. said the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin approved plans for the Bent Tree Wind Farm in Freeborn County, Minnesota. The 200 megawatt wind farm will provide energy for 50,000...
View ArticleMinnesota Farmers.. Sign up!
Minnesota organic farmers have the opportunity to join other organic farmers across the country to receive incentives from the government to help convert or start an organic farm.  $1 million is...
View ArticleFarmers Fear Drought
Minnesota farmers are worried that the start of the summer suggests a season of drought. When comparing numbers, this May was the third driest May ever. Land in the east metro and central Minnesota is...
View ArticleHazardous Farm Given One Month to Clean Up
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Citizens Board has given a Thief River Falls dairy farm one final month to remove hazardous manure from three uncovered outdoor basins. The 1,500 cow farm has...
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