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DNR urges Minn. farmers to take fire precautions

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Dry conditions have Minnesota officials urging farmers to take precautions to avoid causing fires as they harvest their crops. The Department of Natural Resources points...

news Fri, Sep 14, 2012 - 9:09am

Farm Bureau endorses Klobuchar

ST. PAUL -- U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar received support Friday from the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee. The Republican-leaning organization endorsed Democrat Klobuchar over GOP challenger state Rep...

news Fri, Aug 31, 2012 - 2:35pm

Salmonella at Ind. farm matches outbreak strain

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says salmonella found at a cantaloupe farm in southwestern Indiana matches the "DNA fingerprint" of the salmonella responsible for a deadly outbreak...

news Tue, Aug 28, 2012 - 4:41pm

Bob Sorheim examines cobs of corn on Bob Anderson’s farm north of Solway. Unlike most of Anderson’s crops, the corn is coming along well. Molly Miron | Bemidji Pioneer

Area experiences dry summer

By Molly Miron Special to the Pioneer BEMIDJI – Northern Minnesota hasn’t suffered the record drought of other Midwest venues, but the lack of rain has caused considerable distress. From...

news / local Fri, Aug 24, 2012 - 1:49am

Minnesota apple crop arrives early

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's apple crop has arrived early. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture says most varieties are ripening one to two weeks ahead of normal, and many...

news Tue, Aug 21, 2012 - 11:17am

Lauren Stai checks a bean field as part of her work as an agronomist with Northern Farmers Co-op Exchange in Williams, Minn. Submitted Photo

Agronomy: Working in a man's field

WILLIAMS - She wasn't raised on a farm and didn't know anything about crops. But after Lauren Stai, a 2008 Bemidji High School graduate, interned as a crop scout in...

news / local Sun, Jul 29, 2012 - 12:00am

Peterson says farm bill seems likely

OLIVIA -- U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson is optimistic that Congress will pass a new farm bill before its August recess, but a debate with important consequences for his district looms...

news Sun, May 27, 2012 - 12:00am

Corn becoming king in Upper Midwest as acres rise

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Robert Stover has been raising corn all his life in eastern North Dakota. His grandfather, Frank Stover, brought ears of corn with him from Indiana when...

news Mon, May 14, 2012 - 8:29am

Peterson optimistic sugar program will be in next farm bill

GRAND FORKS, N.D. --U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said Wednesday that he is optimistic the U.S. sugar program will be continued in the next farm bill, but he said he...

news Thu, Mar 15, 2012 - 12:00am

Keith Sistad, Fosston, bottle feeds one of the four calves born last week to one of his Red Angus beef cow as his wife Ruby watches. Quadruplets in beef cattle are even rarer than the one in 665,000 quad births for dairy cows. JOHN STENNES | FORUM COMMUNICATIONS CO.

Beef cow in Fosston gives birth to quadruplets; one calf dies unexpectedly

If there were a lottery for cattle producers, Keith Sistad just won it. One of the Red Angus beef cows on his ranch near Fosston, Minn., gave birth to four...

news Sat, Feb 18, 2012 - 1:19am

American Crystal union to fight US sugar program

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- The union representing locked-out employees at American Crystal Sugar. Co. plans to lobby against the federal sugar program in Congress, breaking a tradition of fighting for...

business / news Thu, Feb 02, 2012 - 9:19am

Minnesota cattlemen happy that TB is controlled and they can sell anywhere

ST. PAUL - Minnesota cattlemen are celebrating the reopening of markets nationwide after tuberculosis found in one cow six years ago hurt their sales. Gov. Mark Dayton today issued a...

news Wed, Dec 07, 2011 - 11:40am

Renville County mega feedlot nearly complete

OLIVIA -- Three and a-half years after getting regulatory approval, construction is nearly complete on one of the state's largest feedlots. The Revier Cattle operation will increase the number of...

news Tue, Dec 06, 2011 - 8:04am

With Gov. Mark Dayton behind Willmar FFA members, Ted the turkey poses for photographers. FFA members from left are Prestin Asche, Val Brown, Brianna Hoover and Brenna Ahlquist. Pioneer Photo/Don Davis

Thanksgiving: Ted can't wait to get in front of cameras

ST. PAUL -- Ted is ready for the spotlight. Really ready. In fact, he is so ready that he escaped from his cage in a dark corner of the governor's...

news Sat, Nov 19, 2011 - 12:00am

Crystal payment for 2010 sugar beets is a record

FARGO, N.D. -- American Crystal Sugar Co. says the final average payment for the 2010 sugar beet crop in the Red River Valley of eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota...

news / business Wed, Nov 09, 2011 - 8:22am

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