agriculture

GLENWOOD — A two-part “Farming for Soil Health: Setting the Foundation for Success and Profitability” class will be offered this winter in Glenwood. The first part of the class will...

ST. PAUL — Minnesota agricultural producers and processors can now apply for grants to implement value-added projects in their operations. A total of $700,000 in funding was made available through...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — China has lifted a ban on Minnesota poultry imports that was imposed last year following an outbreak of avian flu. A Minneapolis Star Tribune report says China...

ST. PAUL — It looks like 2012-13 could be a year for the Midwest to get hit by heavy snow and ice storms, which can leave large amounts of snow...

WILLMAR — During the 20 years that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wetlands Reserve Program has been in existence, more than 11,000 landowners across the U.S. have participated in this...

GRANITE FALLS — Ever rising farmland values are continuing to shift the property tax burden to agricultural lands. Connie Erickson, Yellow Medicine County assessor, was among the first of county...

ABERDEEN, S.D. — City officials in Aberdeen have notified a long-delayed beef processing plant that is trying to get up to speed that it is violating its wastewater permit. The...

ST. PAUL — Increasing commodity prices have placed tremendous pressure on farmers to increase their total production; however, land and input costs continue to rise in parallel with grain prices...

FARGO, N.D. — Wahpeton-based Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative reported Tuesday that payments of $155 million made to its shareholders and growers on Aug. 31 were 14 percent less than the previous...

SISSETON, S.D. — There’s a bigger story behind that big pile of corn east of Sisseton, S.D. Sisseton Farmers Co-op is one of nine elevators in the Wheaton-Dumont Co-op Elevator...

WILLMAR -- According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's latest quarterly hogs and pigs report, as of Sept. 1, Minnesota had an inventory of 8.1 million hogs and pigs. That...

KIMBALL, S.D. -- Dozens of investors saw a huge project come to fruition recently as they celebrated the ribbon cutting for the rehabilitation of the state-owned rail line between Mitchell...

WILLMAR -- Grain market outlook, cutting-edge corn and soybean production technology and practices and farm management solutions to enhance profitability are among the topics farmers and agribusiness people will hear...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, fresh off a comfortable re-election win, is lobbying Republicans who control the House to bring a farm bill up for a vote by year's...