agriculture

WILLMAR -- Landowners in Kandiyohi County now have a conservation program to compensate them for protecting the waterways. Reinvest in Minnesota buffers are established through a perpetual easement purchased from...

GLENWOOD -- A cover crop demonstration field day will be from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday on farms in the Glenwood and Sunburg areas. The tour will start at the...

WILLMAR -- There's no doubt that the last several years have been very good years for American agriculture, and especially here in Minnesota where we've been blessed with favorable weather,...

FARGO, N.D. -- Does the world already produce enough food to feed the 9 billion people expected to be on the planet by 2050? J. Brad Morgan says yes. "We...

WILLMAR -- According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's latest quarterly Grain Stocks report, Minnesota's supply of old-crop corn totaled 102 million bushels on Sept. 1, down 32 percent from...

AUDUBON -- It's an unprecedented sight in Audubon -- at least as far as local farmers remember. Niblets of "gold" are piled up higher than the tops of the trucks...

WILLMAR -- This year's drought has been a vivid reminder of how important water is in terms of agricultural production. And regardless of its source -- rainfall, surface water, melting...

WILLMAR -- Officials from the U.S.

Frustration. Disappointment. Uncertainty. Those are the words that area farmers and farm group leaders are using to describe their reaction to the failed effort to pass a new farm bill...

OLIVIA -- Acting as the road authority, the Renville County Board of Commissioners agreed Tuesday not to allow a contractor to close a three-mile stretch of County Road 11 until Oct.

WILLMAR - Ridgewater College will host more than 100 area high school juniors and seniors Friday at its annual Ag Career Expo. The event will run from 8:30 a.m. to...

WILLMAR -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently released the results of its 2012 cash rent survey, which indicates that the average cash rental rate for non-irrigated cropland has increased...