Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen told an audience in Willmar that agriculture continues to benefit from bipartisan support in Legislature.
The bacterial insecticide 鈥� nontoxic to people, animals and bees 鈥� can only be applied during a short period in the spring, at a certain moment in an insect's lifespan. The money didn't come in time.
A total of 28 grants supporting programs in the state have been delayed, frozen or seemingly made unavailable, according to the Minnesota Management and Budget agency
A small organic farm family near Le Sueur, Minnesota, and a larger, non-GMO farmer near Kasson, Minnesota, are among those hit hard by the Pipeline Foods bankruptcy, which sent shockwaves through the region鈥檚 organic markets. The company is asking the courts to let them sell inventory grain to pay off the secured creditors, not the farmers who deliver it. The case leaves farmers wondering whether the state does enough to protect farmers and verify the financial soundness of grain traders.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor update released Thursday, July 22, about 80% of Minnesota is in a moderate drought, and about 20 counties have at least parts of them in a severe drought.
First discovered in Minnesota in 1990, wild parsnip, a noxious plant, has slowly found its way into Douglas County. The plant's sap reacts with UV rays from the sun and can cause third-degree burns to one's skin after contact.
A run-in with wild parsnip can turn a fun summer outing into a nightmare. In this episode of NewsMD's podcast, Health Fusion, Viv Williams has info on how to identify it and what to do if you have a close encounter.
Farmers dedicated to conservation like Joan Heim-Welch and direct assistance from local conservation offices have put the Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program in the spotlight as one of the best of its kind in the country.
Permit applications to irrigate 300 acres of former timberland in Minnesota's fragile Pineland Sands region have sparked a legal dispute over whether the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources adequately reviewed the project. Land in the dispute was formerly owned by R.D. Offutt Co.
