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ALEXANDRIA — A Minnesota soybean is tipping the global import/export business in the region’s favor. Six years ago, Alexandria resident and former farmer Craig Damstrom fostered an idea to develop...

WILLMAR — After several years of notably higher grain prices, farmers have an added financial incentive to increase crop production. The two primary means of increasing production are to devote...

Congress recently approved, and the president has signed, a continuing resolution that provided funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other federal agencies through the remainder of the 2013...

MOORHEAD — As of February, cash distributions for owners of Golden Growers Cooperative surpassed the $3.45 per unit that farmers originally invested to build a high-fructose corn sweetener plant in...

WILLMAR — Authorized by the 2008 farm bill, the Average Crop Revenue Election program is a new and innovative alternative to the traditional counter-cyclical payments provided under the Direct and...

GLENWOOD — A workshop on the pros and cons of long-term conservation leases and land contracts for beginning and retiring farmers will be at 5:30 p.m. April 4 at Sacred...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Farmers intend to plant 97.3 million acres of corn this year, the most since 1936, the USDA's spring planting survey said Thursday. By DAVID PITT...

WILLMAR — The Minnesota Soybean Growers Association will host a series of free seminars around Minnesota to help farmers learn more about weed resistance issues and to help them create...

NORTH MANKATO — The annual Extension Drainage Design Workshop will be March 26 and 27 in North Mankato. This is a rescheduled date due to weather. The workshop is a...

WILLMAR — The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently released the county yield and production estimates for 2012. The estimates confirm that despite some very dry conditions during the latter half...

WILLMAR — The recently released results of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2011 Pesticide Data Program Annual Summary confirms that overall pesticide chemical residues found on the foods tested were...