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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
Farm-state lawmakers pushing new farm subsidy 
WASHINGTON (AP) — Farm-state lawmakers are moving to create a whole new subsidy that would protect farmers when their revenue drops — an unprecedented program that critics say could pay billions of dollars to farmers now enjoying record-high crop prices.
By Mary Clare Jalonick , November 07, 2011
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USDA releases draft environmental impact statement for Roundup Ready sugar beets
WILLMAR — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has released a draft environmental impact statement that evaluates the potential environmental effects if the agency grants non-regulated status of sugar beets genetically engineered to be resistant to the herbicide glyphosate, known commercially as Roundup. The genetically engineered sugar beets are commonly referred to as Roundup Ready sugar beets.
By Wes Nelson, USDA Farm Service Agency , November 05, 2011
Take control of weeds resistant to herbicide
ST. PAUL — I saw many corn and soybean fields with prominent patches of giant or common ragweed, common waterhemp or volunteer corn during my travels in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa this fall. These weed patches were likely the product of glyphosate herbicide overuse.
By Jeffrey Gunsolus, University of Minnesota Extension , November 05, 2011
Minn. vets take part in YouTube series on livestock
People involved in production agriculture sometimes lament that most folks outside ag don’t understand it.
By Jonathan Knutson , November 05, 2011
Rustling costs ranchers millions in poor economy
ST. LOUIS — Even with cattle theft rampant in much of the nation’s midsection, Oklahoma rancher Ryan Payne wasn’t worried about anyone messing with his cows and calves. By his estimation, his pasture is so far off the beaten path “you need a helicopter to see it.”
By Jim Suhr , October 29, 2011
USDA’s Farm Service Agency, Second Harvest Heartland collaborate on food shelf donations
WILLMAR — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency and Second Harvest Heartland are collaborating in an effort to connect Minnesota farmers with the regional food bank network.
By Wes Nelson, USDA Farm Service Agency , October 29, 2011
Canby teen in farm accident has died
CANBY — The teenager airlifted to Sanford Children’s Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D., has died as a result of the injuries sustained in a farm accident Saturday.
By Tribune News , October 27, 2011
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Ag Sec. Vilsack: Federal farm bill must improve disaster aid
ANKENY, Iowa (AP) - Lawmakers working on the next Farm Bill need to find an effective way to provide aid to farmers affected by natural disasters, increase funding for agricultural research and continue important conservation programs, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , October 25, 2011
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Minnesota net farm income up 48 percent in 2010
WILLMAR — Area farmers will soon complete the harvest of this year’s crop. And as they do, farmers already know that 2011 will not be nearly as profitable as 2010.
October 22, 2011
Minn. man accused of stealing pigs in Iowa
OSAGE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a Minnesota man has been arrested in the theft of several hundred feeder pigs from producers in Mitchell County in northern Iowa.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , October 19, 2011
Sauk Centre man injured in rural Kimball, Minn., farm accident
LITCHFIELD — A Sauk Centre man suffered life-threatening injuries Tuesday afternoon in a farm accident in rural Kimball.
By Tribune News , October 19, 2011
Ag officials say visit a Minn. farm this week during school break
WILLMAR — Families who are looking for something to do this week when kids are out of school for the annual Education Minnesota conference may want to consider taking a trip to a farm.
By Carolyn Lange , October 18, 2011
USDA approves Minnesota’s request for TB-free status
WILLMAR — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Minnesota’s application for statewide bovine tuberculosis-free status, effective Oct. 4. The approval comes six years after the discovery of an infected beef herd in July 2005.
By Wes Nelson, USDA Farm Service Agency , October 15, 2011
Mages of Belgrade elected to top post of state corn growers group
SHAKOPEE — John Mages, of Belgrade, will serve as president of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association for the coming year.
By Tribune News , October 15, 2011
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