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February 6, 2021
Beth Ford, president and CEO of Land O’Lakes, said the carbon program will help users gauge how environmentally friendly practices may affect the fa

Land O'Lakes launches carbon-trading program for farmers

Agriculture
January 23, 2021
A pile of soybeans.

China's purchases of U.S. soybeans soared 53% in 2020, but fell short of deal target

Agriculture
January 23, 2021
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As Biden seeks diversity on his team, the Agriculture Department becomes a flash point

Business
January 20, 2021
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Trump administration's last-minute break on ethanol standards angers farmers

The EPA on Tuesday exempted three oil refiners from biofuels requirements.
Agriculture
January 9, 2021
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For Minnesota farmers, 2020 was nothing like they expected and surprisingly profitable

The continuing pandemic, a trade war and natural disaster blew apart all expectations.
Agriculture
December 21, 2020
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On the day the U remembered Borlaug's Nobel Peace Prize, another food innovator won it for 2020

Local
December 19, 2020
Lizy Bryant has raised more than $95,000 with an online fundraiser to help her buy her family farm and help Minnesotans of diverse backgrounds connect

Planting the seeds for a new generation of farmers

Lizy Bryant hopes to turn her farm south of the Twin Cities into a space where Black families can learn, create and reconnect with the land.
Business
December 11, 2020
Perdue Farms, the nation’s No. 4 poultry processor, said varying state policies could slow rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine to essential workers at c

Meat companies seek better coordination on virus vaccine rollout

Chicken processor Perdue says inconsistent policies by states could slow the vaccination effort.
Agriculture
December 5, 2020
Jim Campbell farms out of Iowa County, Wis., and sells milk to Organic Valley. The organic dairy industry hopes to move forward under a new presidency

Minnesota organic dairy farmers hope to regain ground under Biden

Organic Valley's CEO is cautiously optimistic for industry despite the loss of powerful Rep. Collin Peterson.
Agriculture
December 5, 2020

Singapore becomes first place in world to approve sale of lab-grown meat

The meat, to be sold as nuggets, will be priced at premium chicken prices when it launches "in the very near term," the co-founder and CEO says.
Local
November 28, 2020
In simpler times last year : Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, daughter Siobhan, Gov. Tim Walz, Minnesota Turkey Growers Association President Paul Kvistad.

COVID-19 canceled governor's turkey meet-and-greet

Annual meet-and-greet with governor a victim of virus precautions.
Agriculture
November 21, 2020
In this Oct. 24, 2019 photo, the water tower of Winslow, Neb., is visible a few miles away, past a harvested soybean field. It took only minutes for s

At last, a year when farmers don't have to store soybeans

Brazil ran out of soybeans, creating an opportunity for U.S. farmers suffering after Trump trade war
Agriculture
November 21, 2020

Food producers complain about China's virus tests on commodity imports

Agriculture
October 31, 2020
A Trump/Pence sign on a hay wagon in Freeport, Pa., on Oct. 15. U.S. farmers have received a record $40 billion in aid in 2020 from the federal govern

Farmers see record $40B in aid, but many uneasy accepting help

Farmers, who as a group disproportionately vote Republican and support President Donald Trump, are uneasy with being seen as on the dole. "Who wants to be dependent on government for everything? It just feels wrong."
Agriculture
October 26, 2020
The first measurable snow of the season graces colorful leaves on a tree at peak color, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Some snow is no big deal because Minnesota farmers were far ahead on this year's harvest

Soybeans are mostly in, and corn is way ahead of schedule despite the early cold.
Agriculture
October 24, 2020
According to 2019 data, lettuce heads doing slightly better against lettuce leaves than in 2017 and 2018. (Marie Elena Sager/Dreamstime/TNS)

Americans turn over a new leaf, in the produce aisle

Yes, this could be the year consumption of romaine and other leaf lettuce finally surpasses that of head lettuce.
Agriculture
October 12, 2020
A laborer carries a sack of wheat in a state food corporation warehouse, in Jammu, India in 2011.

World Food Day aims to intensify the battle against hunger

Global Minnesota will host a virtual World Food Day conference, one of several across the globe.
Agriculture
October 9, 2020
FILE -- The Kwai Tsing container terminal in Hong Kong, April 7, 2020. A World Trade Organization panel said Tuesday, Sept. 15, that the United States

Tariffs create mixed bag for U.S. farmers, builders

Some benefit, but others with no apparent ties are feeling the crunch.
Agriculture
October 6, 2020
Dairy cows wait outside of the milking parlor at Daley Farms in Lewiston. (ANDY KOSIER/Star Tribune)

Battle over southeast Minnesota dairy expansion drags on

The Land Stewardship Project was ordered to produce internal documents by Tuesday.
Agriculture
October 3, 2020
In this May 8, 2019, photo, farmer Yang Wenguo reaches out to one of the few dozen remaining pigs from his original herd of 800 in a barn at his pig f

China's pork industry begins recovery after disease outbreak

Pork output will take much longer to restore given the herd's low quality, experts and analysts said.

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