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    January 30, 2013
    Winter Crops and Soils Day is Tuesday
    LUVERNE -- The Southwest Research and Outreach Center (SWROC) of Lamberton will host a Winter Crops and Soils Day Feb. 5 at Blue Mound Banquet & Meeting Center, Luverne. Winter Crops and Soils Day is a public event highlighting current University of Minnesota research specific to...
    NewsJanuary 30, 2013 - 9:50am
    (Associated Press)
    High land prices put squeeze on young farmers
    LAKE WILSON (AP) -- Farm fields in southwest Minnesota are frozen now, but Josh DeGreeff has a vision of a warm spring day. The sun is shining...
    NewsJanuary 30, 2013 - 9:01am
    October 29, 2012
    Family, friends and neighbors came to the aid of rural Worthington farmer Kent Johnson earlier this month after Johnson was injured in a farm accident.
    Helping a friend in need
    WORTHINGTON -- A farm accident that happened in the blink of an eye earlier this month has kept Kent Johnson of rural Worthington in a Sioux...
    NewsOctober 29, 2012 - 10:26pm
    May 21, 2012
    submitted photo Sediment carried by heavy rains earlier this month surround a tile intake adjacent to a Nobles County farm field. The chance for more heavy rains and high winds may lead to more soil erosion issues this week.
    Saving the soil
    WORTHINGTON -- A wind advisory issued for today and a forecast for potentially heavy rains as early as Wednesday have the potential to wreak...
    NewsMay 21, 2012 - 8:55pm
    May 1, 2012
    Brian Korthals/Daily Globe Doug Fransen plants beans on his land southwest of Worthington Tuesday afternoon.
    Farmers hit the fields hard
    WORTHINGTON -- Eastern Jackson County farmer Loren Tusa is wondering when, exactly, farmers were supposed to start planting this year. It was...
    NewsMay 1, 2012 - 8:22pm
    December 11, 2011
    Farmers Co-Op collecting coats
    ROCK VALLEY, Iowa -- Farmers Elevator Co-op is joining hands with the Center of Hope to bring comfort and warmth to individuals throughout the Siouxland area. Farmers Elevator Coop is collecting new and gently used coats of all sizes and passing them on to the Sioux Falls, S.D.-based...
    NewsDecember 11, 2011 - 8:01pm
    August 30, 2011
    Brian Korthals/Daily Globe Subtle shades of green represent the various stages of maturation of a cornfield in Nobles County Tuesday.
    Crop year has been a challenge
    WORTHINGTON -- The rain seemed as though it wouldn't stop in the early part of the growing season, and now portions of southern Minnesota are...
    NewsAugust 30, 2011 - 8:23pm
    June 1, 2011
    Luverne Farmers Market: June 9
    LUVERNE -- The Luverne Farmers Market will be open from 4 to 7 p.m. every Thursday beginning June 9 and continuing through Oct. 27 on Main Street, between Cedar and McKenzie, in downtown Luverne. The Luverne Farmers Market is comprised of a group of individuals who grow and produce...
    NewsJune 1, 2011 - 9:14pm
    May 17, 2011
    Carrots at the Farmers Market in Worthington.
    Producers can register for Farmers Market
    WORTHINGTON -- The Downtown Worthington Farmers Market begins in three weeks. There is still time for producers who want to sell items to reserve...
    NewsMay 17, 2011 - 9:17pm
    Submitted Photo Rita and Joe Vander Kooi, along with their children Vince and Liv, pose inside the parlor at Ocheda Dairy south of Worthington. Rita Vander Kooi is one of the featured farmers in the new Farmers Feed Us campaign.
    Dairy farmer joins Farmers Feed Us campaign
    WORTHINGTON -- Rita Vander Kooi, along with her her husband Joe and their two children, are the latest faces to be featured in the Farmers Feed...
    NewsJanuary 17, 2011 - 8:02pm
    October 25, 2010
    JONI HARMS/DAILY GLOBE Farmers Dave Gonnerman (from left), Fred Hellinga, Calvin Harms and Randy Johnson work to plow a field outside of Harris, Iowa, Saturday afternoon. Nearly a dozen area farmers took part in the event.
    Farmers gather for good old plowing bee
    HARRIS, Iowa -- Driving their old tractors out of the machine shed, digging the moldboard plows out of the grove and putting them to work led...
    NewsOctober 25, 2010 - 9:45pm
    August 5, 2010
    Don Davis/State Capitol Bureau Gov. Tim Pawlenty takes the wheel of an ethanol-powered golf cart Thursday at FarmFest, the southwestern Minnesota all-things-farm event.
    Pawlenty: Federal government needs to leave farmers alone
    MORGAN, Minn.
    NewsAugust 5, 2010 - 8:56pm
    June 17, 2010
    Wildlife, ag shouldn't compete
    HERON LAKE -- Finding a balance between conservation practices and production agriculture took center stage Wednesday night and Thursday morning, as the public weighed in on the efforts of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. The 12-member council is tasked with identifying...
    NewsJune 17, 2010 - 7:55pm
    April 23, 2010
    File Photo: Dean Christopherson loads the hoppers on his planter while planting corn at his Bigelow Township field south of Worthington. (Brian Korthals/Daily Globe)
    Planting starts early
    WORTHINGTON -- The rain held off for longer than expected Friday, allowing farmers from throughout the region to get in several extra hours of...
    NewsApril 23, 2010 - 9:21pm
    February 17, 2010
    Local foods has a seat at table
    MARSHALL -- No knock against convenience stores, but the United States Department of Agriculture is changing focus to support the development of farmers markets, food processing and cold storage facilities in rural communities, according to Tom Vilsack, secretary of the U.S. Department...
    NewsFebruary 17, 2010 - 12:00am
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