agriculture

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"Chickens given 24 hours," screamed the Pioneer's front-page headline the other day. Many readers wondered what the newspaper was up to, others who knew the issue also know its importance...

At 10:39 p.m. Wednesday, Schuyler J. Watchorn, 25, of Walcott, N.D., was driving a 2006 Dodge Caravan west on U.S. Highway 2 near the Bagley Livestock Exchange. According to the...