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    October 20, 2014
    ‘Tis the season
    A four-row combine heads down Kandiyohi County Road 119 southeast of Willmar to a field to combine corn.
    news / localOctober 20, 2014 - 11:46pm
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    May 2, 2014
    After a long, hard winter: Rain, cold stalls farmers at starting gates of crop year
    WILLMAR — It could be the middle of next week before farmers in west central Minnesota get into the fields to begin planting this year’s corn crop. What is needed is a string of nice days, with sunshine and warm temperatures, to warm the soil after the long, hard winter and after...
    news / regionMay 2, 2014 - 11:24pm
    April 26, 2014
    Bird Island, Sacred Heart farmers inducted into Corn Growers Recruiter Hall of Fame
    SHAKOPEE — Doug Toreen, a farmer in Bird Island, and Myron “Mickey” Peterson, a farmer in Sacred Heart, have been inducted into the inaugural class of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association Recruiter Hall of Fame. Toreen has recruited 1,099 members and Peterson has recruited...
    news / regionApril 26, 2014 - 9:00am
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    August 24, 2013
    Upper Midwest corn needs heat, rain
    Upper Midwest corn farmers will be watching both the thermometer and the rain gauge in the next few weeks. Their crop needs plenty of heat and moisture, and the region is coming up short on both.
    news / stateAugust 24, 2013 - 9:51am
    August 12, 2013
    USDA’s cut to corn and soybean crops catches market off guard
    WASHINGTON — U.S. farmers will reap the biggest corn crop and the third-largest soybean crop ever this fall, government forecasters said on Monday, but the harvests will be smaller than traders expected because of lower yields and ending stocks are projected to be below traders’...
    news / nationAugust 12, 2013 - 11:25pm
    August 6, 2013
    Minnesota corn, soybean pasture conditions decline
    ST. PAUL (AP) — The condition of Minnesota's corn and soybean crops declined slightly for the second straight week amid a dry week across the state. In its weekly crops and weather report for Minnesota, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday that the state received an...
    newsAugust 6, 2013 - 9:55am
    July 2, 2013
    Minnesota corn knee-high by Fourth of July
    ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota's corn crop has grown slower than the average this year, but it looks like the crop will be knee-high by the Fourth of July. The weekly crop report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture says corn statewide grew an average of seven inches last week,...
    news / stateJuly 2, 2013 - 7:55am
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    June 28, 2013
    USDA: Wet spring won't affect predicted corn crop
    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture shocked farmers, grain analysts and market traders Friday with a report that shows no reduction in the number of acres planted in corn, despite a soggy spring.
    newsJune 28, 2013 - 3:25pm
    May 10, 2013
    USDA: Despite late start, record corn crop likely
    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The wet start to the corn planting season may reduce the amount each acre produces this year, but farmers are planting so much corn they're still likely to bring in a record crop. In a report released Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated...
    news / nationMay 10, 2013 - 10:00am
    May 7, 2013
    Wet spring taking a toll on Midwest farmers
    ST. LOUIS — John Reifsteck looks out at his muddy 1,800-acre central Illinois farm and wonders when he’ll get to plant. Like so many other...
    news / stateMay 7, 2013 - 10:53pm
    April 30, 2013
    Tracks reopen after train derails in Blue Earth, Minn.
    BLUE EARTH, Minn. (AP) — Railroad tracks after reopened in the southern Minnesota town of Blue Earth after 17 cars derailed on a train carrying corn. Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis says the tracks reopened just after 4 a.m. Tuesday. The 73-car train was carrying corn...
    news / stateApril 30, 2013 - 3:15pm
    January 11, 2013
    Drought cut corn crop by about one-fourth
    DES MOINES, Iowa — For farmers like Earl Williams, last year couldn’t have started out better or ended much worse as a warm, sunny spring that let him plant early gave way to record heat and drought that devastated his corn. Williams ended up with about two-thirds of the crop...
    news / nationJanuary 11, 2013 - 9:54pm
    September 4, 2012
    Ethanol production resumes at plant in Buffalo Lake, Minn.
    BUFFALO LAKE -- This is the day that trucks are expected to rumble out of the gate carrying the first ethanol produced at the former Minnesota...
    business / regionSeptember 4, 2012 - 12:00am
    August 25, 2012
    West central Minn.crops largely escape drought
    The fall harvest probably isn't a bin-buster for farmers in west central Minnesota, but area producers are expecting to bring in respectable corn and soybean yields. Noah Hultgren, who is a partner with his family members in Hultgren Farms near Willmar, expects a "pretty good" corn...
    news / local / businessAugust 25, 2012 - 12:00am
    August 18, 2012
    West central Minn. ethanol producers enjoy benefits of local supply, efficient plants amid high corn prices
    ATWATER -- Ethanol producers in west central Minnesota are coping with corn prices that are squeezing margins and have no plans to reduce production. "We've certainly seen throughout this year different challenges, pressures on that margin,'' said Mike Jerke, general manager of...
    news / local / regionAugust 18, 2012 - 12:00am
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