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    March 26, 2018
    Conservation push: Two ag groups support GROW Act
    Two conservation-minded farm organizations are applauding a bipartisan bill that would maintain funding and acreage levels for the farm bill's three largest conservation programs. "We're excited to see this bipartisan support for conservation in the farm bill," Anna Johnson, policy...
    business/agricultureMarch 26, 2018 - 8:32am
    March 10, 2018
    Tribune file photo State Senator Andrew Lang, R-Olivia, is chief author of the $113.9 million outdoor heritage bill in the senate, which allocates funds for a wide range of conservation projects across the state. A fishing pond is located in Lang's hometown of Olivia.
    Lang carrying outdoor heritage bill in Senate
    ST. PAUL — State Sen. Andrew Lang, R-Olivia, is carrying the outdoor heritage bill in the Senate this session in just the freshman senator's...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 10, 2018 - 7:06am
    February 24, 2018
    Submitted Dean Dambroten experimented with inter-seeding a cover crop on his Renville County farm.
    Soil health gains traction in farm country: Reduced tillage, cover crops offer benefits
    RENVILLE — It doesn't matter whether she's grubbing around in farm fields or road ditches, or peering from the relative comfort of a tractor...
    business/agricultureFebruary 24, 2018 - 6:33am
    February 3, 2018
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    How the region's farmers and researchers are working to save bees
    Bees are vital to agriculture, but bee populations have faced serious problems in recent years. Both pesticides and pests are being blamed for...
    business/agricultureFebruary 3, 2018 - 8:30am
    January 29, 2018
    Ryan Heiniger of Pheasants Forever says this is a good "after" example of a project his team has worked on. The field still is a majority of cropland "but boundaries are square and clean and the marginal acres are ‘growing’ clean water, wildlife and still producing a profit for the landowner," he says. (Ryan Heiniger photo)
    Precision ag tools can improve profitability, work with conservation
    JAMESTOWN, N.D. — When people think of precision agriculture, they often think of autosteer, variable-rate seeding, satellites or drones....
    newsJanuary 29, 2018 - 6:45am
    Tribune file photo Minnesota DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr and his hunting companion taking a break during the 2015 Governor's Pheasant Opener near Montevideo. The commissioner released a survey in September that found 86 percent of users of wildlife management areas support ongoing acquisition of these public lands.
    Meeker County Board splits twice but on second vote approves transfer of land for wildlife area
    LITCHFIELD — A version of the national debate over public lands has recently played itself out in Meeker County, where conservationists...
    news/government-and-politicsDecember 29, 2017 - 8:27pm
    November 25, 2017
    Tom Nuessmeier
    5 questions with ... Tom Nuessmeier, farmer and federal policy organizer for the Land Stewardship Project, St. Peter, Minn.
    Q: What is the Land Stewardship Project? The Land Stewardship Project is a membership organization of about 4,000 households, primarily in Minnesota...
    newsNovember 25, 2017 - 5:33am
    October 31, 2017
    Grassland and wetland terrain in the Missouri Coteau, part of the Prairie Pothole Region in North Dakota. Photo special to Forum News Service
    Crops continue to eat up Great Plains grassland
    FARGO — Dwindling grassland remnants in the Great Plains continued their decline last year with the loss of 2.5 million acres consumed...
    newsOctober 31, 2017 - 5:16pm
    October 21, 2017
    Don Davis / Forum News Service file photo A corn field is planted right up to the banks of a ditch in this file photo. Minnesota landowners are required to have a 50-foot average buffer with a 30-foot minimum in place on public waters by Nov. 1, and a 16.5-foot buffer on public ditches by Nov. 1, 2018.
    Cost-share available for Kandiyohi County buffer strips
    WILLMAR — The Kandiyohi County Soil and Water Conservation District has received a $50,000 grant to help county landowners comply with...
    newsOctober 21, 2017 - 6:13am
    October 10, 2017
    Cost-sharing funds available for buffer program in Renville County
    OLIVIA — The Renville Soil and Water Conservation District received $75,000 in cost-share funds to support landowners to meet requirements...
    newsOctober 10, 2017 - 9:20am
    October 8, 2017
    Gene Metz
    Competing for corn rows and conservation: Debate continues on rural land use
    WORTHINGTON, Minn. — Nobles County received nearly $298,000 in state funding this year as a Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) on 5,620.8...
    newsOctober 8, 2017 - 6:00am
    August 21, 2017
    Jonathan Knutson
    'Lip service' to soil health?
    A few years ago, I was talking about soil health and the environment with a Midwest agriculturalist. I won't name him; let's just say he's a...
    business/agricultureAugust 21, 2017 - 5:05am
    July 31, 2017
    Roughly 200 people attended a tour of Black Leg Ranch near Menoken, N.D., on July 19 that featured conservationist Allan Savory. The tour included a look at one of the ranch's pastures. Jenny Schlecht / Forum News Service
    Savory Institute visit to ND ranch focuses on importance of soil health
    MENOKEN, N.D. — Jerry Doan in the mid 1980s attended the Savory Institute, an organization focused on the importance of soil health that...
    business/agricultureJuly 31, 2017 - 7:23am
    July 11, 2017
    Submitted The Minnesota Conservation Corps used blow torches last year as part of efforts to eradicate Palmer amaranth on conservation lands in Yellow Medicine and Lyon counties. Contaminated seed was to blame for the noxious weed's presence.
    State keeps Palmer amaranth at bay: Vigilant landowners benefit eradication effort
    YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY — Propane blow torches, herbicide, the sharp blades of mowers, hand pulling, and most important of all, the vigilant...
    newsJuly 11, 2017 - 9:52pm
    May 12, 2017
    MN CREP sign-up starts
    WILLMAR — Landowners have a new option to protect their environmentally sensitive cropland with the introduction of the Minnesota Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program. The kickoff for continuous sign-up begins Monday.
    newsMay 12, 2017 - 10:11am
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