Burns is the Minnesota Corn District 2 Field Manager and is a 2023 Southwest Minnesota State University graduate Family : I grew up south of Stewart on our family farm. I am still pretty young; …

There is a new law in effect in Minnesota for those with employees and it took effect Jan. 1. Employees who work at least 80 hours per year need to be provided with paid time off to take care of …

Producers may know that reduced tillage benefits the soil and agricultural operations, but do they know the benefits of each system? Each month a different conservation tillage system will be …

Minnesota is among the top states in the nation for hemp growth, and experts in the field believe that the economic opportunities for the plant are set to take off.   During the Minnesota …

The term “sodbusting” is used to identify the conversion of land from native vegetation to commodity crop production after Dec. 23, 1985. As part of the conservation provisions of …

Cut flower production series Cut flowers have emerged as a popular and attractive option for diversification.   Robin Trott, University of Minnesota Extension Educator and owner of …

The Minnesota Organic Conference took place at the Rivers Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud Jan. 11-12. Growers gathered to learn different ways to help manage farms organically. In a session …

The adage — commonly known as Murphy’s Law — is common to many: “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.”   There are good chances that everyone will have …

Minnesota Beginner Farmer Institute The Minnesota Beginner Farmer Institute is a workshop series geared toward young or beginning farmers who are either joining an existing farm or starting …

I have spoken with several dairy farms in Central Minnesota over the past month and some have complained about respiratory problems with their calves. They are not alone.   In central …

Every year it starts. The media lauding the benefits of making New Year’s resolutions and the general public enthusiastically committing to new lifestyle choices only to forget them within a …

If there is one thing that never scared Patrick Plante, it was a challenge. Buying a farm site in 1989, prior to seeing it, Plante had his work cut out for him.   A herd of 50 milking cows, …