Agriculture

April 6, 2010 3:43 PM

Rep. Peterson wants a more efficient farm bill

The U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chair said he's starting work this spring on the 2012 farm bill.

by Dan Gunderson

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April 1, 2010 3:00 AM

Dry, warm March has farmers out in their fields early

Despite a wet fall, and then heavy snow, a dry, warm March got farmers going much earlier than anyone could have hoped for. For some, the early field work includes a rare spring harvest.

by Mark Steil

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March 31, 2010 11:35 AM

Minn. corn, soy acreage expected to hold steady

Minnesota farmers plan to plant about as much corn and soybeans as they did last year, but less wheat and sugarbeets.

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March 17, 2010 9:21 AM

DNR asks feds to remove gray wolf from endangered list

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials want the federal government to remove the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened species.

by Elizabeth Dunbar

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March 12, 2010 6:56 AM

Disaster aid offered to farmers in 37 MN counties

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making disaster aid available to farmers in 37 Minnesota counties, mostly in the northern two-thirds of the state.

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March 12, 2010 3:00 AM

Justice Dept. looks into competition in agriculture

The Obama Administration is fulfilling its pledge to take a close look at monopoly-like concentrations in key U.S. industries, among them agriculture.

by Mark Steil

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March 10, 2010 3:43 PM

Minn. firm sends low-tech food solution to Haiti

A Minnesota entrepreneur hopes that a low-tech solution will help Haitians cope with food shortages.

by Tom Crann and Madeleine Baran

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March 10, 2010 6:25 AM

More Minn. schools buy food from local farms

A new survey says the number of Minnesota school districts buying fresh food from local farms is growing.

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March 4, 2010 5:52 PM

Man dies after being trapped in corn bin

Deputies say the man was trying to dislodge frozen corn inside the bin Thursday morning when the grain collapsed onto him and suffocated him.

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March 4, 2010 1:55 PM

Excel Dairy lawyer says MPCA wrong to revoke permit

The lawyer for a large dairy near Thief River Falls told an appeals court panel Thursday that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is acting arbitrarily in revoking the dairy's permit.

by Stephanie Hemphill

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