Agriculture
Wright County farmer to lead Minnesota Farm Bureau
Dan Glessing wins contested race to take leadership at one of state's leading farm organizations.
Business
Minnesota startup aims to make sustainable acrylics using corn instead of petroleum
Lakril Technologies uses U of M-pioneered technology to make acrylics, an ingredient in paints, coatings and adhesives, from corn rather than petroleum.
Business
CHS creates new capital fund to bolster ag tech startups
The Minnesota ag giant is partnering with Illinois's Growmark on a $50M venture capital fund to advance breakthrough technologies in agriculture.
Business
U.S. to allow pork plants to operate faster in trial program
The Quality Pork Processors plant in Austin, Minn., which serves Hormel Foods, is one of the sites chosen by the USDA for a one-year experiment.
Business
Minnesota's Living Greens Farm has ambitious indoor produce plans
Vegetables grown indoors still a small fraction of produce market, but Faribault company sees a lot of possibility.
Business
Minnesota Farm Bureau leader steps down after 16 years
Kevin Paap, who's led one of state's top ag interest groups, is wrappig up his tenure this month.
Business
Despite high farm profits, producers increasingly pessimistic as costs climb
Energy and fertilizer costs threaten to cut short an impressive rebound in farm profitability.
Business
Dollars in the dirt: Big Ag pays farmers for control of their soil-bound carbon
Sequestering carbon can provide a new revenue stream for farmers, and the techniques may lead to bigger crop yields.
Business
COVID-19 hit at least 59,000 meat workers in pandemic's first year, report says
The data was compiled by a U.S. House panel with numbers from major meat processing firms.
Local
Minnesota's drought shows signs of easing with steady rain
For the first time since spring, more than 1/10th of the state — primarily in southwestern Minnesota — is no longer abnormally dry. The north still is seeing dry conditions.
Local
Conversion of grasslands to crops threatens state's wildlife, water, climate
Minnesota lost nearly 2 million acres of grassland to crops from 2012 to 2019, according to the World Wildlife Fund's Northern Great Plains program. That's more than the state of Delaware.
Business
Nearly all Minn. farmers white, and change doesn't come easy
Two farms in Pine County illustrate how America's evolving discussion on opportunity and race is threading into one of its most lopsided industries: agriculture.
Business
Heavy rain hits China corn harvest, raises quality concerns
But in the U.S., corn and soybean production estimates are up.
Business
U.S. farm income this year is expected to be the second-highest ever
Crops proved resilient against drought and demand for corn is soaring in China, sending prices for the fall harvest upward.
Business
World Food Day brings focus on global conflict, food security
Global Minnesota is holding a virtual symposium on food scarcity challenges Friday.
Business
Animal rights group accuses Minnesota's Jennie-O and Butterfield of mistreating birds
Animal Welfare Institute asks local county attorneys to prosecute firms where turkeys and chickens died in trucks.
Business
Hormel takes another big step in plant-based meat alternatives
Minnesota-based food giant Hormel is partnering with Better Meat, a specialist in proteins from potato fermentation.
Business
Calyxt, firm that edits genes in plants, will offer its technology to other firms
The Roseville company until now has focused on using gene-editing technology to develop its own products, including a soybean that had a trans fat gene taken out.
Agriculture
Besieged by seaweed, Caribbean scrambles to make use of the stuff
Some entrepreneurs are turning it into animal feed, while others are adding it to construction material.
Business
After a poor wheat harvest in U.S., look for higher prices on flour and bread
Supply levels of wheat are at their lowest since 2007, and supplies of soybeans and corn were also down from year-ago levels.
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Agriculture
News coverage and the latest trends in Minnesota agriculture, including dairy, cattle, poultry and wheat, corn, soybean and potato farming.