Agriculture

Just as everything lined up and ready to go, world financial markets erupted in turmoil with the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, forcing Tom Revier and Dave Revier to put plans on hold.
Gov. Mark Dayton, state lawmakers, cattle producers and others are praising efforts to end bovine tuberculosis in Minnesota.
The driest fall on record in parts of Minnesota already has farmers concerned about next year's crops.
Management, locked-out workers dig in at Crystal Sugar annual meeting
The president of American Crystal Sugar Co. said company shareholders are telling management to not back down in a labor dispute with union workers.
EPA faults Monsanto in rootworm cases
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is criticizing Monsanto for its handling of cases of damage to corn crops by rootworm.
Livestock farmers say ethanol eats too much corn
Livestock farmers are demanding a change in the nation's ethanol policy, claiming current rules could lead to higher meat prices if corn growers have a bad year.
A new study from the University of Minnesota projects that global food demand could double by 2050.
Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation president Kevin Paap says delegates to the organization's 93rd Annual Meeting this weekend were focused on federal farm legislation.
Prices of farmland still on the rise
The price of Midwest farmland continues to surge higher at a near record pace, according to the Federal Reserve Bank, with some land being sold for $10,000 per acre or more.
Cargill MacMillan Jr., the billionaire heir to an agribusiness fortune, has died in California. He was 84.