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    April 5, 2018
    April is usually a time for fieldwork in Minnesota but farmers might be looking at a very late planting season in 2018. Brian Hansel / Forum News Service file photo
    Farmers, ag suppliers bracing for busy planting season
    WADENA, Minn. — Mark Hess knows one thing for sure — the work still has to be done. The Leaf River Ag agronomist has insights into...
    business/agricultureApril 5, 2018 - 1:00pm
    North Dakota State University students, from left, Adam Meister, Jeremy Rhines and Adam Walter keep a busy schedule farming while attending school full time. (David Samson / Forum News Service)
    The real boys of fall: NDSU students juggle coursework and helping with harvest
    FARGO — From August through November along the Minnesota-North Dakota border, semis carrying loads of crops head to elevators en route...
    newsNovember 5, 2017 - 3:34pm
    June 26, 2017
    Jonathan Knutson
    Plain Living: 'What happened to crop shares?'
    The caller said he'd enjoyed my column on rental rate negotiations between farmers and landlords. He also had a question for me. "What happened...
    newsJune 26, 2017 - 5:15am
    June 15, 2017
    Central Minnesota Young Farmers Coalition members Andrew Barsness (center) and Matthew Fitzgerald (right) testified before the Minnesota House Agriculture Policy Committee in support of the beginning farmer tax credit bill alongside Rep. Nels Pierson (R-Rochester). (Contributed)
    Young farmers score victory at Legislature
    HOFFMAN, Minn. — A first-of-its-kind newly signed budget bill is a win-win for the future of farming in Minnesota. And it's thanks in part...
    newsJune 15, 2017 - 8:51pm
    May 25, 2017
    Straight talk on land rent: Are landowners or renters right?
    Human beings are prone to classifying the world into good guys and bad guys, saints and sinners, victims and villains. We prefer clear-cut right...
    newsMay 25, 2017 - 4:51pm
    April 19, 2017
    Dairy cows stand in a field near Stayner, Ontario, Canada on July 26, 2015. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photoplay button
    Trump vows to back U.S. dairy farmers in Canada trade spat
    President Donald Trump promised to defend American dairy farmers who have been hurt by Canada’s protectionist trade practices, during a visit...
    newsApril 19, 2017 - 12:12pm
    April 5, 2017
    The Palmer amaranth weed is pictured in Harrison County, Iowa in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters March 31, 2017. Bob Hartzler/Iowa State University/Handout via REUTERS
    Destructive weed threatens U.S. corn fields
    WINTERSET, IOWA - A U.S. government program designed to convert farmland to wildlife habitat has triggered the spread of a fast-growing weed...
    newsApril 5, 2017 - 4:08pm
    April 3, 2017
    Donna Moenning with the Center for Food Integrity says farmers can connect with consumers through shared values. (Michelle Rook, Special to Agweek)
    Farmers learn how to connect with consumers
    BROOKINGS, S.D. — Research shows most consumers want to know more about where their food comes from. Farmers and agribusiness professionals...
    newsApril 3, 2017 - 9:00pm
    March 28, 2016
    Doug Pohlman (left) and Ron Obermoller (right) take a ferry ride on the Red River near Hanoi, Vietnam. Submitted Photo
    Starting with soybeans: Local farmers build relationships on Minnesota mission trip to Vietnam
    BREWSTER — A pair of farmers from Brewster and Sioux Valley were among a contingent of Minnesota soybean growers and others to travel to Vietnam...
    newsMarch 28, 2016 - 9:02pm
    November 23, 2015
    Seventh- and eighth- grade students at Sibley-Ocheyedan take part in the S-O Agriculture Department and FFA chapter’s exploratory night. Robin Baumgarn/Daily Globe
    Ready to explore: Future farmers get an early taste of what ag has to offer
    SIBLEY, Iowa — The Sibley-Ocheyedan High School Agricultural Education department opened its doors Monday night to the next generation of farmers,...
    newsNovember 23, 2015 - 10:39pm
    June 4, 2015
    Shea
    Shea named SWCD District Manager
    WORTHINGTON — A farm boy from northwest Iowa, John Shea still gets home to the family farm south of Sheldon on weekends to help, whether it’s...
    newsJune 4, 2015 - 9:01pm
    May 27, 2015
    Farmers analyze new water rule: Does it go too far?
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    newsMay 27, 2015 - 8:17pm
    May 11, 2015
    Letter: Farmers prioritized in House ag finance bill
    The Minnesota House of Representatives has approved legislation that will fund agriculture and rural development programs over the next two years.
    opinionMay 11, 2015 - 1:56pm
    April 15, 2015
    Minnesota state Rep. Steve Drazkowski (right) chairs the House property tax committee Wednesday as it discusses tax law changes. Don Davis/Forum News Service
    Farmers, businesses would get GOP tax breaks
    ST. PAUL — Farmers and businesses would receive at least a quarter of the $2 billion of tax cuts Minnesota House Republican propose. A GOP...
    newsApril 15, 2015 - 10:11pm
    April 2, 2015
    Gov. Mark Dayton addresses a room of nearly 200 Thursday morning in Worthington. Jesse Trelstad/Daily Globe
    Dayton's buffer initiative targets water quality
    WORTHINGTON — An estimated 200 people, including farmers from more than a 12-county area of southern and western Minnesota, packed inside the...
    newsApril 2, 2015 - 9:28pm
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