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RIDGEWATER COLLEGE Throwing Bales and Programming Computers: Life on the Farm in the 21st Century
What do you think of when you imagine a career as a farmer: Scooping manure? Mending fences? Throwing bales? Maybe there's some of that, but as over 300 hig h school and college students le...
Posted on 1/27/12 at 1:52 PM
THE FARM BLEAT One for you and one for me
I dont know if too many dogs understand the concept of sharing, but Im pretty sure my Molly can share among the best of them. If youre sitting at the supper table, enjoying a grilled ribeye, shes perf...
Posted on 1/26/12 at 8:22 PM
PEACE GARDEN MAMA mama mondays: the scariest thing of all...
Gotcha! That's me having a bad hair day. It didn't help that I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Okay, seriously now, I took my kids to a Halloween party on Friday at Yunker Farm and C...
Posted on 10/30/11 at 11:00 PM
MODERN-DAY JANE Enjoy in generous amounts.
Grandpa Henry is now officially 90 years old, and the whole town came out to celebrate. Well, the part of the town that is over 60 years old, anyway - which, lets face it, is quite a few people. The ...
Posted on 9/13/11 at 9:58 PM
OH LOOK, A SHINY THING! Farming with BOOM and Obvious Spies Spying Obviously
Do you think farming needs more BOOM in it? If so, this marvelous little DuPont booklet on farming with dynamite may be for you! I don't think Farmville has a "dynamite" option yet, but I stopped pl...
Posted on 8/16/11 at 5:00 AM
Linn is recipient of friend of dairy award for 2011 
ST. CLOUD — The Minnesota Milk Producers Association recently recognized Dr. Jim Linn as the 2011 recipient of the Bruce Cottington Friend of Dairy Award during the Midwest Dairy Expo. In 2006, Minnesota Milk awarded the first ever Friend of Dairy award to Bruce Cottington. Since then, the name of the award has been changed in honor of Cottington’s name and legacy, and Linn is the second recipient with this new title.
By Tribune News , December 10, 2011
Future demand for distiller grains likely to exceed supply
WILLMAR — The production of distiller grains from corn-based ethanol production has quadrupled in the United States since the 2004-05 marketing year. This dramatic increase in the production of distiller grains has coincided with the rapid growth of the U.S. ethanol industry.
By Wes Nelson, Farm Service Agency , December 10, 2011
Anderson named dairy legislator of the year
ST. CLOUD — Rep. Paul Anderson (R-Starbuck) was selected as the 2011 Legislator of the Year by Minnesota Milk Producers Association for demonstrating support to dairy farmers, the dairy industry and rural Minnesota by his actions at the State Capitol. The award was announced during the Midwest Dairy Expo in St. Cloud.
By Tribune News , December 10, 2011
Minnesota cattlemen happy that TB is controlled and they can sell anywhere
ST. PAUL -- Minnesota cattlemen are celebrating the reopening of markets nationwide after tuberculosis found in one cow six years ago hurt their sales.
By Don Davis , December 07, 2011
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Beyond chickens and bees: Urban farmers try goats
SEATTLE — Snowflake the goat has cornered me, nuzzling my hand as she nibbles on my jacket’s zipper.
By Cedar Burnett , December 03, 2011
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Study finds ethanol demand suppresses crude oil prices
WILLMAR — Ethanol is the world’s most widely used liquid biofuel in the transportation system with the United States currently the world’s largest ethanol producer, providing a 57 percent share of global ethanol production.
December 03, 2011
U of M research helps growers narrow yield gap for corn
ST. PAUL — With high production costs for corn, growers must focus their management on factors that have the greatest potential to increase yield. Prerequisites for high-yield corn include favorable weather and adequate levels of drainage, soil fertility and pest management.
December 03, 2011
Christmas tree growers say dry fall did not affect their trees
LITCHFIELD — It’s the smell and the experience that have brought Michele Miller and Matt Foley of Litchfield back to Turck’s Tree Farm each Christmas for the past few years.
By Linda Vanderwerf , December 03, 2011
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‘Stream it out’: Grandin says animal ag should be more visible instead of secretive
MINNEAPOLIS — Animal agriculture should be more open about its methods and makes a mistake when it “circles the wagons and buttons down the stockade,” says one of the nation’s most recognizable authorities in animal care.
By Mikkel Pates , November 26, 2011
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New USDA study focuses on locally marketed foods
WILLMAR — Despite increased production and consumer interest, locally grown food still accounts for a small segment of U.S. agriculture.
By Wes Nelson, Farm Service Agency , November 26, 2011
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Workshop on Wednesday in Milan, Minn., focuses on marketing local foods
MILAN — Do you produce food on your farm and market it directly to customers in western Minnesota, eastern South Dakota or the Twin Cities?
By Tribune News , November 13, 2011
Farm Bill leads agenda for Minnesota Farmers Union next weekend
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The 2012 Farm Bill and farm policy lead the agenda for next weekend's Minnesota Farmers Union convention.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , November 12, 2011
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Tuberculosis found in SD cattle herd
PIERRE, S.D. -- State Veterinarian Dustin Oedekoven says bovine tuberculosis has been found in a South Dakota cattle herd.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , November 10, 2011
Minnesota crop estimates show declines from 2010
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — New production and yield estimates for Minnesota's major crops show declines from last year's record harvests, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said today.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , November 09, 2011
Farm-state lawmakers are pushing new farm subsidy plan
WASHINGTON - Corn and soybean farmers are pushing for - and Congress is moving to create - a whole new subsidy that could maintain farm incomes at a nearly four-decade high should prices fall or crops be destroyed by weather.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , November 09, 2011
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