agriculture

According to the U.S.

ST. PAUL -- Once again the Minnesota State Fair is inviting sugar beet growers to compete in the annual Biggest Beet competition. And because of the early start and extremely...

WILLMAR -- Soybean varieties that thrive even in soggy fields could eventually result from studies being conducted by scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For more than two decades,...

GILFILLAN -- Funding for the basic research that makes American agriculture a world leader in innovation and production is stagnant if not in decline. America used to account for 21...

WILLMAR -- The summer of 2012 is turning out to be one of the hottest on record--and we're still in the month of July.

GLENWOOD -- The next "Women Caring for the Land" meeting will be from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Parish in Glenwood. The series of meetings, which...

BROOTEN -- The North Fork Crow River Watershed District will host an agricultural presentation "The View from the Tractor Seat" at 11 a.m. Thursday at the VFW in Belgrade. David...

BROOTEN -- The North Fork Crow River Watershed District will host an agricultural presentation "The View from the Tractor Seat" at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars...

WILLMAR -- According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's June Acreage Report, our nation's farmers planted 96.4 million acres of corn this spring. This represents a 5 percent increase from...

ST. PAUL -- With major pork buyers like McDonald's, Hormel and Safeway announcing plans to move toward gestation stall-free suppliers, Minnesota hog farmers may be exploring group housing options. Research...