AGRICULTURE
Farmer takes part in federal budget talks
A Granite Falls-area farmer is back home after representing the National Farmers Union in a Washington, D.C. federal budget discussion. Yellow Medicine County Farmers Union President Tim Velde met wi...
Posted on 2/4/12 at 9:06 AM
Letter to Dave
Dear Dave, We spoke this week and you reported about 41 degrees and slight snow cover in Carrington, North Dakota. I would say we are a bit less and a bit more, respectively. Dad said the las...
Posted on 1/29/12 at 4:52 AM
Fall on the farm
Submitted by Betsy Enger. Photos taken Sept. 30 during soybean harvest in Marion, N.D. She writes, "Three Generations helping with harvest. My son was being escorted by his grandfather to the ride i...
Posted on 10/10/11 at 4:06 PM
South Dakota Farm Girls Show Viewers "The Good Life"
What I love about South Dakota women is that theyre not afraid to show people what theyre made of. True South Dakotans, farm girls, and friends, Laura Nielson and Ange Kapperman have been creating a b...
Posted on 9/27/11 at 7:00 PM
Facing my Fears; Screaming for Help
(As promised in my previous blog, I found the column in which I mentioned Big Red ... it was published in June 2008 in the Daily Globe's Today's Farm edition. Since Big Red hasn't made it into the Far...
Posted on 3/18/11 at 10:00 PM
Harsdorf planted seeds of service 
December 09, 2011
Farmland rent survey underway 
Nearly 40 percent of all the cropland acres of Pierce County is now operated by another farmer renting those acres.
By Greg Andrews , December 08, 2011
Cattle TB restrictions over, opening national markets 
Minnesota News-- Minnesota cattle producers faced six emotional and financially challenging years, but now they celebrate a re-opening of markets nationwide after the state has been declared free of bovine tuberculosis.
By Don Davis , December 08, 2011
County farmers describe local food option 
By Debbie Griffin - River Falls Journal , December 07, 2011
Barge traiffic on the Mississippi halted for the winter
-- Barge traffic has halted for another season on the Upper Mississippi between St. Louis and the Twin Cities.
December 07, 2011
Cheese production in state edges up 
-- Wisconsin made more cheese than a year ago – but the increase was not as big as it was nationally. And California – the nation’s second-largest producer – caught up a little.
December 03, 2011
Trip to take home tree brightens Pierce County holidays naturally 
By Bill Kirk , December 02, 2011
Cold Spring man still hospitalized after farm accident 
Minnesota News-- A Cold Spring man remains hospitalized in critical condition after a 30-foot fall at a farm site near Olivia Monday.
November 24, 2011
Wisconsin Farm Bureau opposing new regulations for children working on farms 
-- A Wisconsin dairy leader says proposed federal farm safety regulations for children could reduce their interest in farming careers. But a Wisconsin farm safety expert says kids in other jobs are protected more than those on the farm -- and that needs to change.
November 23, 2011
State's farm exports set new record 
Wisconsin News-- Wisconsin had record-high farm exports in the first nine months of this year. According to the state agriculture department, shipments of farm-related products jumped 24-percent from the year before.
November 21, 2011
Value of Wisconsin farmland rises by 17 percent 
Wisconsin News-- The value of Wisconsin's farmland has grown by 17-percent in the third quarter of the year, compared to the same period a year ago. But the increase is still not as big as a 25-percent jump in the Midwest as a whole
November 17, 2011
Hearing slated for county Farmland Preservation Plan 
Area News-- A public hearing that will determine the future of agriculture in St. Croix County has Pete Kling and Ryan Sterry working to educate the public about its importance.
By Jackie Grumish , November 16, 2011
UPDATED: Fire destroys farm granary, equipment 
November 15, 2011
Turkey from Willmar to be National Thanksgiving Turkey 
Minnesota News- It's official: The head of Willmar Poultry Company will be presenting President Obama and his family with the National Thanksgiving Turkey later this month.
November 13, 2011
Temple Grandin to visit UW-RF 
By By Caroline Johnson, Staff Correspondent , November 11, 2011
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