agriculture

Hot-button issues in 2010 for Minnesota farmers and ranchers include food safety, renewable fuels, greenhouse gas reductions, water quality and animal care. Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation delegates at their 91st annual meeting last weekend in Brooklyn Park passed those issues along...

The Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment delivered a petition with more than 25,000 signatures from individuals around the country to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Oct. 20. It demanded that the agency immediately suspend the practice of providing guaranteed and direct...

New construction along Bemidji Avenue has people wondering what's going to happen to the North Country Farmers Market. "We don't know," said Dick Schmidt, the chairman of the Farmers Market. The Farmers Market, which operates in the summertime from July through October, is located...

 Anyone who lives in rural Minnesota knows that agriculture is central to our way of life. We're surrounded by fields and livestock, passing a tractor on the way into town is a regular experience, and virtually all of us either work in agriculture-related jobs ourselves or have family...

 Anyone who lives in rural Minnesota knows that agriculture is central to our way of life. We're surrounded by fields and livestock, passing a tractor on the way into town is a regular experience, and virtually all of us either work in agriculture-related jobs ourselves or have family...

American Farm Bureau Federation recently kicked off a climate change grass-roots campaign appropriately titled "Don't Cap Our Future." Farm Bureau members are getting out the word on Capitol Hill that cap-and-trade legislation would impose higher energy and food costs on consumers,...

I've had several calls about the recent timber cutting in the Movil Maze and was glad to see Ms. Kisler's letter to the editor concerning this cut. We have experienced the same cutting in the west end of Three Island County Park and I doubt very much if anyone other than the immediate...

I've had several calls about the recent timber cutting in the Movil Maze and was glad to see Ms. Kisler's letter to the editor concerning this cut. We have experienced the same cutting in the west end of Three Island County Park and I doubt very much if anyone other than the immediate...

The spread of the H1N1 flu virus took a different twist this week when U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors determined that three hogs displayed at this summer's Minnesota State Fair may have contracted the virus. Later, USDA confirmed at least one of the hogs with H1N1 - the...

Draft legislation to regulate the market for over-the-counter derivatives was introduced late last week by U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, DFL-7th District. Peterson, chairman of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, said the draft is a starting point for discussion in a turf battle that...

Wayne Wilde of Shevlin is ranked registering the most Angus beef cattle in Minnesota, having recorded 217 head of Angus with the American Angus Association during fiscal year 2009, which ended Sept. 30, according to Bryce Schumann, CEO of the American Angus Association. Angus breeders...

Measures to help hog and dairy producers were sought this week by both of Minnesota's senators. U.S. Sen. Al Franken, DFL-Minn., and U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., were joined Thursday by 23 other senators in requesting U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack buy $100 million of...

Frost is predicted for tonight, so winter is on its way. A good feeling to have entering winter is food and fuel security for all creatures on the homestead. Click here to read Molly Miron's Pinesol Postings.