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U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, DFL-7th District, speaks Thursday about how integral the Bemidji Regional Airport is to regional economic development during groundbreaking ceremonies for the airport's Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Facililty. Behind him is Bemidji Regional Airport Authority Executive Director Harold Van Leeuwen. Pioneer Photo/Brad Swenson

Peterson starts early on farm bill

Agriculture is one of the first major program areas to cut the federal deficit, says U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson. Peterson, chairman of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, proposes in the...

news / local Fri, Jul 09, 2010 - 12:00am

Thief River Falls-area dairy admits to odor errors

Fri, Mar 05, 2010 - 12:00am

Peterson warns of possible farm support changes

MARSHALL, Minn. -- U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson warned that agriculture needs to be ready for major changes to farm support programs as the country comes to grip with the current...

news Wed, Feb 17, 2010 - 12:00am

Federal dairy assistance totals $290 million

Financially strapped dairy farmers can draw on a new $290 million assistance program, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Thursday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is implementing the Dairy Economic...

news / local Fri, Dec 18, 2009 - 12:00am

Video from Lake Itasca Pioneer Farmers Show

Watch David Quam's video report on the Lake Itasca Pioneer Farmers Show held last weekend.

news / region Tue, Aug 25, 2009 - 8:08am

Dairy farmers get price support help

Dairy farmers slogging through their worse price depression in decades soon will get price support help from Washington. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Friday an immediate boost to the...

news / local / region Sat, Aug 01, 2009 - 12:00am

Bioenergy Park to be developed on former Ainsworth plant site

Mary Eaton and Robin Larson of The Idea Circle Inc., announced Tuesday they have purchased the former Ainsworth Engineered LLC site east of Bemidji to develop a Bioenergy Park. "We...

news / local / outdoors Wed, Jul 01, 2009 - 12:00am

Minnesota farmers oppose clean energy, clean water bills

Neither clean energy nor clean water legislation win support from Minnesota farmers. The U.S. House is slated to consider today the American Clean Energy and Security Act which establishes a...

news / local Fri, Jun 26, 2009 - 12:00am

From left, Bemidji Woolen Mills President Bill Batchelder; Japanese businessmen Yoshi Okita and Hiro Hasata of the Yoshi Trading Company clothing distributors; and Bemidji Woolen Mills Vice President Bob Batchelder examine bolts of woolen material at the manufacturing center in the Bemidji Industrial Park. The Bemidji Woolen Mills will move the manufacturing back to the downtown facility as a restructuring strategy. Pioneer Photo/Molly Miron

Bemidji Woolen Mills: Manufacturing unit to move back downtown

A family textile production company that originated in 1920 in downtown Bemidji will return to its roots. The Bemidji Woolen Mills, which expanded the manufacturing unit to the Bemidji Industrial...

news / local / business Sun, Jun 21, 2009 - 12:00am

Agriculture gets ready for unallotment process

State funding for agriculture programs took a jolt from the 2009 Legislature, and ag officials hope pending unallotment by Gov. Tim Pawlenty doesn't go much deeper. The $75 million given...

news / local Tue, Jun 16, 2009 - 12:00am

Minnesota Agriculture Assistant Commissioner Robin Kinney, left, enjoys a visit over strawberries and pancakes with Ruby Bergquist and Sylvia Larson during Saturday morning's Beltrami County Farm Bureau Breakfast on the Farm at the Wilde ranch west of Bemidji. Pioneer Photo/Brad Swenson

Breakfast on the Farm highlights importance of agriculture

SHEVLIN -- Anyone who eats has a vested interest in agriculture, says the head of the state's largest farm organization. People who aren't in agriculture, who don't live in rural...

news / local Sun, Jun 14, 2009 - 12:00am

Otter Tail to build new N.D. wind farm

Otter Tail Power Company, a division of Otter Tail Corporation, has announced it will build a wind farm near Lake Ashtabula in N.D. Construction will commence in late May on...

business Sun, May 31, 2009 - 12:00am

Farmers affected by floods, weather can receive loans

ST. PAUL -- Low-interest loans are available to farmers affected by floods and other severe weather in 28 Minnesota counties. The Minnesota Rural Finance Authority announced the loan availability Wednesday,...

news / local Thu, May 28, 2009 - 12:00am

USDA offers Organic Initiative

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is advising organic farmers and farmers transitioning to organic to act swiftly to benefit from a new Organic Initiative offered by the United States Department...

Sun, May 24, 2009 - 12:00am

Dairy export subsidies help Minnesota farmers

U.S. actions to bolster sagging export markets for dairy products should help Minnesota dairy farmers, Minnesota lawmakers say. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Friday he would enable a program...

news / local Sun, May 24, 2009 - 12:00am

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