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Agriculture

Farmers using more crop consultants

Agriculture is becoming so specialized that many farmers hire consultants. During the summer the consultant's main focus is crop health.

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Canadian ranchers rebuild beef market

Canadian cattle ranchers are struggling with the impact of the continued U.S. ban on their livestock. Some say the ban could actually make the beef industry in Canada stronger and less dependent on the U.S.

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Rain swamps farm fields

Excessive rainfall is damaging crops across Minnesota. Some top state agriculture officials plan to tour west central and northwest Minnesota to survey the damage.

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Minnesota farmers prepare for soybean rust

Agriculture experts have been watching a disease called soybean rust hop around the globe for decades. Now, some Minnesota farmers are preparing for the arrival of soy rust.

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Gene altered pollen worries organic farmers

Organic farming has many rules, including a ban on genetically altered crops. Even with the ban, gene modified plants show up in their fields. It's an environmental and economic concern.

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Tracking livestock to prevent disease

In response to devastating foreign livestock scares like hoof and mouth disease and mad cow disease, the U.S. has launched an ambitious nationwide plan to immediately contain possible outbreaks. To do so, the government says it will electronically track all the movements of cows, goats, pigs and poultry in the U.S.

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Minneapolis couple mocks new food pyramid

Federal officials unveiled a revamped food pyramid last week. They pushed the old tiered graphic on its side, and created an interactive Web site that suggests daily diet based on someone's age, gender, and physical activity. A Minneapolis couple created a satirical Web site mocking the official one.

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Interest in E85 increases as prices drop

Prices in at least one part of the fuel market have dropped the past few months. 85 percent ethanol, known as E85, has sold for as much as 80 cents below the per gallon price of gasoline.

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House committee kills atrazine ban

A House Agriculture committee has rejected three bills that would have banned or restricted use of the farm herbicide atrazine. Similar bills have been proposed in the Senate, but are unlikely to see any action.

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