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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

North Dakota drops TB testing regulation

The state of North Dakota on this week dropped additional testing requirements for most cattle entering that state from Minnesota and Montana. The more stringent testing remains in effect for...

news / local Sat, Jun 26, 2010 - 12:00am

Cass County farmers get grants

Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Gene Hugoson has announced the recipients of the state's second round of Livestock Investment Grants. Fifty producers were selected to share $1 million in grants aimed at...

business Sun, Feb 21, 2010 - 12:00am

Minnesota Farm Bureau sets top issues for 2010

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...

news / local Sun, Nov 29, 2009 - 12:00am

Agriculture Commissioner Gene Hugoson wrestles with a turkey, bringing attention to the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association gift of 24,000 pounds of turkey and $6,650 to Hunger Solutions Minnesota. Behind Hugoson Tuesday are Rahn Annis of Willmar, president of the turkey association, left, and the association Executive Director Steve Olson. Gov. Tim Pawlenty stood to the side, telling Hugoson to get the turkey out of its cage and put it on a table for photographers. In past yearly pre-Thanksgiving turke...

Minnesota Turkey Growers Hunger Solutions Minnesota

Agriculture Commissioner Gene Hugoson wrestles with a turkey, bringing attention to the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association gift of 24,000 pounds of turkey and $6,650 to Hunger Solutions Minnesota. Behind Hugoson...

news Wed, Nov 25, 2009 - 12:00am

Wilde ranked third in state for Angus registration

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...

news / business Sun, Oct 11, 2009 - 12:00am

Senators seek aid for hog, dairy farmers

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...

news / local / region Fri, Oct 02, 2009 - 12:00am

North Dakota driver injured in cow-car accident

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...

news / region Thu, Sep 10, 2009 - 9:58am

Two Bemidji city councilors said Tuesday that Sam Kvale's free-range chicken farm at 1227 Norton Ave. N.W. was the cleanest chicken ranch they had ever seen. But Kvale was still given 24 hours to remove his 100 chickens from the Bemidji city limits due to concerns about a neighbor's health. Submitted Photo

Bemidji City Council: Chickens given 24 hours

The health of a Bemidji resident was paramount. The Bemidji City Council on Tuesday voted 4-2 to require Sam Kvale to remove his flock of 100 chickens from the city...

news / local Wed, Sep 09, 2009 - 12:00am

City Council to consider chickens

The fate of 100 chickens will be decided by the Bemidji City Council Tuesday. The chickens, raised within the city limits, will be slaughtered despite the outcome of Tuesday's council...

news / local Sun, Sep 06, 2009 - 12:00am

Carol Berg demonstrates the use of a tedder to spread hay for drying. Carol and Norton Berg's farm near Laporte was a stop on the Giziibii Resource, Conservation and Development Association grazing tour Wednesday. Giziibii RC&D serves five area counties and the Leech Lake, White Earth and Red Lake nations. Pioneer Photo/Molly Miron

Grazing tour: Pasture rotation improves cattle management

LAPORTE -- Two years ago, Norton and Carol Berg embarked on an experiment in their cow-calf operation - a rotational grazing system. The project, which is a cost-share arrangement with...

news / business / region Sun, Jul 26, 2009 - 12:00am

From left, a group of women who gather for social rides are Kathy Baumgartner on her Quarter Horse, Blaze; Liz Letson on her Paint Horse, Cracker Jack; Judy Wilson on her Tennessee Walking Horse, Pride; Judy Bing on her Missouri Foxtrotter, Champ; Nancy Moen on her Quarter Horse, Pi; Connie Jacobson on her Arab-Quarter Horse, Buck; and Julia Conlon on her Arab-Quarter Horse, Cinder. Pioneer Photo/Molly Miron

Trail riders: Women gather to enjoy their horses

Dapple and sorrel, palomino and paint, a group of horsewomen unload a colorful assortment of animals for a summer afternoon ride in Movil Maze. The women, who have been riding...

news / local / outdoors / sports Sun, Jun 28, 2009 - 12:00am

Another deer with bovine TB doesn't concern ag officials

The discovery of a whitetail deer with bovine tuberculosis in northwest Beltrami County doesn't concern state agriculture officials. "It was kind of expected, and is the reason why we need...

news / local / outdoors Tue, Jun 23, 2009 - 12:00am

State continuing to track H1N1 novel influenza cases as WHO upgrades global status of outbreak to Phase 6; More cases expected; illness generally not severe

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) will continue its current efforts to track and respond to the H1N1 novel influenza outbreak in the state, following today's decision by the World...

news Thu, Jun 11, 2009 - 2:18pm

Livestock Indemnity Program

The 2008 Farm Bill includes the Livestock Indemnity Program, which provides compensation to eligible livestock producers who have incurred livestock death losses due to a natural disaster, between Jan. 1,...

Sun, May 24, 2009 - 12:00am

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