Agriculture

November 8, 2011 4:00 AM

Quick turn to dry weather helps, hurts farmland

Much of Minnesota has gone from too wet to too dry, as spring floods have given way to fall drought. The quick turn to dry conditions this summer helped and hurt farmers.

by Mark Steil

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November 7, 2011 6:54 PM

Farm-state lawmakers push new farm subsidy

Corn and soybean farmers are pushing for - and Congress is moving to create - a whole new subsidy that could maintain farm incomes at a nearly four-decade high should prices fall or crops be destroyed by weather.

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November 7, 2011 3:59 PM

Minnesota farmers finish corn, sunflower harvests

In its final weekly crop-weather report for Minnesota this season, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says corn was 98 percent harvested as of Sunday.

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November 4, 2011 10:20 AM

Proposed Farm Program Cuts Affect Minnesota Farmers

Leaders of the House and Senate agriculture committees plan to propose cuts to the country's farm subsidy programs. Those cuts could affect Minnesota, the fourth largest agricultural producing state in the nation.

by Phil Picardi

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October 25, 2011 8:19 PM

Milk output in Wis., Minn. hints at positive trend

Wisconsin's dairy industry is continuing a modest turn-around in production, and Minnesota is inching closer to its own positive reversal.

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October 24, 2011 2:00 PM

Some worried jump in farmland price could be next real estate bubble

Home values continue to fall in Minnesota, but the value of farmland has rapidly grown, spurred by very profitable grain prices. Now, vigorous debate abounds over whether agricultural land is another real estate bubble waiting to be burst.

by Mark Steil

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October 12, 2011 11:55 AM

USDA: Sept. frost did less crop damage than first thought

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's latest harvest estimate for Minnesota shows the September frost may not have caused as much damage as first feared.

by Mark Steil

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October 7, 2011 7:10 PM

Wild rice poses another obstacle to mine proposal

As review of a controversial Polymet mining project proposal nears conclusion, some supporters are worried about a potential environmental roadblock: wild rice.

by Dan Kraker