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USDA announces $1.5 billion investment to help farmers with conservation, climate-smart agriculture
By Hannah Yang USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a $1.5 billion investment into the Regional Conservation Partnership Program ...
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2024 Sesquicentennial Farm Award recipients announced
A trio of area farms are among those recognized as Sesquicentennial Farms this year. The Minnesota Farm Bureau ...
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Dairy cattle in Texas and Kansas test positive for bird flu
Milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu, U.S. officials said Monday. ...
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Mower County 4-H’ers competed at 4-H Regional Project Bowl
4-H youth tested their knowledge in agriculture-related topics challenge on March 9 in Hastings On March 9, 33 ...
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EPA will allow farmers to spray dicamba after court blocks use
By Dan Gunderson The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says farmers can use “existing stocks” of the chemical dicamba ...
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Leadership Day a chance for FFAers to gather and exchange ideas ahead of National FFA Week
Riverland Community College was packed with nearly 150 high school students representing the FFA at the Region 8 ...
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State Fair and Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation accepting Century Farm applications
Minnesota families who have owned their farms for 100 years or more are invited to apply for the ...
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New MDA grant funding available for protecting livestock
Final date to apply is March 7, 2024 To help Minnesota farmers and ranchers protect livestock from disease ...
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Private pesticide applicator recertification in 2024
Several options available for farmers to choose from By Liz Stahl Extension Educator in Crops with University ...
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Minnesota Farm Bureau seeks to engage urban ag producers
By Dan Gunderson The idea for an urban agriculture conference grew out of tours Minnesota Farm Bureau board ...
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Women in Ag Conference hosted by U of M Extension and Minnesota Farm Service Agency
Cultivate your passion for agriculture at the 2024 Women in Ag Conference, hosted by the U of M ...
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New data sheds light on Minnesota’s local and regional ag markets
The three-year project led by the MDA and UMN will inform equitable market development The Minnesota Department of ...
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Minnesota farmers want help fending off voracious deer
By Dan Gunderson The hay and grain storage piles on the Rickford farm near Barnesville are visible from ...
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More farmers sought for prairie strips
This fall, five farmers in northeast Mower County enrolled nearly 80 acres of cropland to convert to native ...
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Online applications now open for Minnesota’s 2024 Industrial Hemp Program
Online applications are now open for anyone wishing to grow or process hemp in Minnesota in 2024. A ...