AGRICULTURE
Bill mixes paint, bees and farmers ... and includes an island, too
By Don Davis Paint will cost more and be recycled. Bees will be protected. Financially troubled farmers will be able to access state aid. And an island to provide more wildlife habitat could be built...
Posted on 5/19/13 at 5:06 PM
From one scoop to another
Happy National Agriculture Week! I realize the week is half over, but agriculture production, innovation, research and processing happens every day, everywhere around us. We shouldnt be celebrating ag...
Posted on 3/20/13 at 5:39 PM
Farm Bureau Endorses Schomacker
I am proud to receive the Minnesota Farm Bureau's Political Action Committee endorsement for State Representative this year. The endorsement is based on my support of the Farm Bureau's policies like r...
Posted on 9/20/12 at 5:30 AM
Property Taxes: Whose Money Is in the Bucket?
I've had a few questions about several stories I've written about property taxes, and I would like to share with you my bucket analogy, which simplifies some of the complex things that determine a per...
Posted on 4/5/12 at 2:52 PM
Letter: HSUS responds to Center for Consumer Freedom letter
There is a difference between farmers and factory farms — a world of difference. Sustainable family farmers are, in growing numbers, joining with The Humane Society of the United States because we share an important value: We care about the treatment of animalsBy Howard Goldman, Minnesota state director, The Humane Society of the United States , February 19, 2013
Letter: HSUS progress? Far from it
I recently read the article in your paper by Joe Maxwell, who is a vice president for the HSUS. As a local pork producer who has raised hogs for the past 19 years, I was somewhat perplexed by what Mr. Maxwell considers progress in the pork industry.By Jim Putnam, Worthington , February 14, 2013
Letter: HSUS side of the story doesn't show big picture
Lawyer and hog farmer Joe Maxwell tries to confuse readers with smoke and mirrors about his employer, the Humane Society of the United States.By Rick Berman, Executive Director, Center for Consumer Freedom, Washington, D.C. , February 14, 2013
Letter: "Nobody knows their animals better than the farmers themselves'
Common ground. Let us “set aside our political rhetoric” and “sit down with us (HSUS) and find common ground in support of Minnesota’s family farmers.” How does an industry that is attempting to feed animal protein to America and the Humane Society of the United States, which promotes a vegan agenda, find common ground?By Emily Erickson, Animal Well-Being and Quality Assurance Manager, New Fashion Pork, Jackson , February 13, 2013
District 18 American Dairy Association meeting is postponed
SLAYTON — The Midwest Dairy Association District 18 meeting scheduled for today in Slayton is postponed and rescheduled for the same time and location on March 1.February 11, 2013
Statewide water quality program is weighed locally
Program asks producers to adopt new practices in exchange for regulatory certaintyWORTHINGTON — Minnesota Assistant Agriculture Commissioner Matt Wohlman was in Worthington Monday night to lead the first of six public input sessions on a proposed statewide certification program encouraging farmers to implement conservation practices on their land.
By Julie Buntjer , February 06, 2013
Column: The other side of the story
In a recent article, the Daily Globe’s Julie Buntjer allowed a local pork producer to have his way with the facts as he spouted off his biased views about the Humane Society of the United States.By Joe Maxwell, Humane Society of the United States , February 05, 2013
Letter: U of M asked to review budgeting process
By District 22A Rep. Joe Schomacker, R-Luverne , February 05, 2013
Sibley-Ocheyedan FFA members talk Hawkeye Point with governor
By Katie Willemssen, S-O FFA Reporter , February 04, 2013
Minnesota West host MDA listening session today
WORTHINGTON — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) will host a listening session today in Worthington to gather input on the Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program.By Daily Globe , February 03, 2013
Hamilton honored by state corn growers
By Daily Globe , February 01, 2013
Farmers should practice safe seed handling
By Aaron Hagen , January 31, 2013
Veldhuizens receive Minnesota Pork Producers Association Family of the Year honor
By Alyson Buschena , January 30, 2013
High land prices put squeeze on young farmers
By MARK STEIL, MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO , January 30, 2013
CEA fertilizer plant nears completion at Ocheyedan
By Beth Rickers , January 30, 2013
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