Benton Ag

The United States Department of Agriculture announced the 2025 enrollment periods for key safety-net programs – Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage as well as Dairy …

Battle for Buckles

Since 1989, the Greater Midwest Livestock Auctioneer Championship has brought the nation’s top auctioneers to the Midwest. This year, the competition took place at the Rich Prairie Livestock …

Unintentional break

I’m still off chore and milking duty, and I have been since June. Don’t worry; it’s not like my hubby has to do all of the work himself as he’s got helpers; but if one’s …

Growing your education

Strategic Farming: Let’s Talk Crops 2025 Discuss key issues and questions around commodity crop production facing Minnesota farmers through the “Strategic Farming: Let’s Talk …

Growing game birds

Most farms are different; some grow crops and some raise animals, but Oakwood Game Farm raises a non-traditional farm species.   In 1967, Jim and Betty Meyer started the Oakwood Game Farm …

Ag Connection with Chad Van Beck

Chad Van Beck is a senior business lender at Pine Country Bank in Rice. Pine Country Bank has branches in Little Falls, Royalton, Rice and Sauk Centre. Van Beck has been a lender for 32 years, and …

Dairy farmers and hoof trimmers gathered in central Minnesota for a morning of education, networking and practical insights into hoof health at Extension’s dairy lameness program.   …

Overcoming obstacles

C hallenges present themselves daily; some are large and some small.   Kjersten and Jeff Burns strive to make their dreams a reality and are doing so every day at Tree Hug Farm in …

With harvest season complete, it is the perfect time to assess feed inventory and fine-tune your feeding program.  A study by research professor Alex Bach in Spain found that over 50% of …

Growing your education

Strategic Farming: Let’s Talk Crops 2025 Discuss key issues and questions around commodity crop production facing Minnesota farmers through the “Strategic Farming: Let’s Talk …

Cold

As I was deciding what the topic of this column should be, my husband suggested I write about how the cold affects farm life in January. It’s true; the arctic temperatures we experience can …

Maintaining healthy fields

Soil health is something on the forefront of most farmers’ minds.   Stephanie McLain and Russell Kleinschmidt spoke Jan. 9 at the Minnesota Organic Conference in St. Cloud on why soil …

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