Business
Rain comes, corn prices fall and hit a market limit
Every future contract for corn fell by the maximum allowed on the main trading market Tuesday. USDA says field conditions worsened a bit in Minnesota last week.
Business
Dry conditions are hurting Minnesota's cattle farms first
Nearly half the state's pastures are in bad shape after the drier-than-normal June, forcing cattle producers to consider other ways to feed their animals.
Business
Here's where drought conditions stand in Minnesota and the U.S.
Dry conditions late in the summer are more likely to affect Minnesota crops, but Western states are already in drought crisis.
Business
Schafer: Back to normal means the normal challenges are back, too
The news that General Mills is cutting jobs after its stellar response to the pandemic, and the results that followed, shows that going back to where things were was never going to be easy.
Business
Cargill backs corn as substitute for plastic, builds new plant in Iowa
The Minnetonka-based agribusiness is building a new facility in Iowa to create a corn-based alternative to petroleum-based plastics used in certain consumer goods.
Agriculture
Water protections return to spotlight
The EPA said it had found that the changes under Trump caused "significant environmental degradation."
Business
Ag analytics firm Sentera raises $25 million, will move to St. Paul
The latest infusion is the biggest for the company, which is changing the way farmers analyze their fields and crops.
Business
Shifts canceled at Worthington meat plant after JBS hit by cyberattack
The company told the White House its computers had been hacked, likely by a criminal organization in Russia.
Business
Surprise cold may have hurt crops just emerging in northern Minnesota
Sub-freezing temperatures Thursday night and Friday morning in the northern third of the state might have hurt soybean, wheat and corn plants.
Local
Minnesota appeals court: OK to skip full environmental review of Pineland Sands irrigation project
Intensified potato farming and row cropping threatens drinking water and the Mississippi River, opponents say.
Nation
A windfall for minority farmers divides rural America
A $4 billion federal fund meant to confront how racial injustice has shaped American farming has angered white farmers who say they are being unfairly excluded.
Local
New kind of wheat draws pollutants from soil, water
The perennial wheat Kernza was grown just west of Brainerd on a few acres immediately surrounding wells within corn and soybean fields. Over the past three years, it cut nitrate contamination from the cornfields by 96% and from soybeans by 86%.
Agriculture
Minnesota farmers had most profitable year since 2012
The results became clear late in the year when commodity prices suddenly climbed after government aid rolled in.
Local
Minnesota farms, food industry face another pandemic growing season
Last year the COVID-19 pandemic triggered major disruptions in the state's $112 billion industry. Meatpacking plant closures and declines in sales to restaurants forced some livestock to be euthanized.
Agriculture
Hawaii coffee farmers hope lawsuit settlements guarantee the Kona in your cup is real
Big retailers and distributors slap the label on coffee that doesn't meet Hawaii's standard.
Agriculture
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Minnesota farmers prepare for new direction from Washington
A new year brings new reasons for optimism for Minnesota's farmers, fueled by a booming export market with China and forecasts for a strong 2021 harvest. But the new administration has farmers wondering what's in store.
Agriculture
As Oklahoma pork plant speeds up slaughtering, workers report more injuries
A regulatory change in 2019 is starting to make the day-to-day duties more difficult in pork slaughterhouses.
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