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Noted author and environmental speaker Patrick Moore spoke about GMO crops at the 2015 Northern Soybean Expo in Fargo last week. The former Greenpeace leader said he believes too much of the modern environmentalist movement is based on fear and misinformation. Another speaker, economist...

ST. PAUL — Minnesota farmers want state leaders to help them expand to new markets. They are ready to enter a new era of producing crops that...

ST. JAMES — Corn is Minnesota’s biggest cash crop, and in recent years it has delivered big returns to the state’s farmers.

Nathan Larson feeds heifer calves on a 28-degree Thursday afternoon in full sunshine at the family’s custom farming operation between Willmar and Kandiyohi. Compared to last year’s long, hard winter, this winter “Has been a blessing,” Nathan said. He, his father, Bob, and...

A farmer attracts the attention of gulls Thursday as he works in a field along Kandiyohi County Road 9 near Willmar Senior High School.

FARGO, N.D. — The American Sugar Alliance has praised the tentative agreement between the Mexican and U.S. governments to place limits on Mexican sugar shipments to the U.S. and to suspend the anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations of sugar from Mexico. However, the...

A four-row combine heads down Kandiyohi County Road 119 southeast of Willmar to a field to combine corn.

Paul Damhof combines navy beans in a field along U.S. Highway 71 south of Willmar.