Agriculture

March 25, 2008 3:03 PM

Farmers can save on crop insurance with GMO corn

For the first time, the federal government is endorsing a specific genetically modified crop.

by Dan Gunderson

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March 17, 2008 5:02 PM

Pawlenty targets bovine tuberculosis in northwestern Minn.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty is taking a harder line against bovine tuberculosis in northwestern Minnesota.

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March 4, 2008 4:30 PM

Novel mixes horses, riders, and encroaching wealth

When Aryn Kyle began writing about a girl growing up at a Montana riding school, she meant it to be a short story. Yet, when she came back to it a few years later, it became her best-selling novel "The God of Animals."

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February 25, 2008 1:55 AM

Farmers hope for record profits in 2008

Farmers are expected to earn record profits this year, but they will also spend a record amount to plant the crop.

by Dan Gunderson

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February 19, 2008 2:27 PM

New case of bovine TB could downgrade Minn.'s status

Another case of bovine tuberculosis in northern Minnesota will lead to a downgrade in the state's TB status. This is the fourth infected cattle herd since last fall, and the 11th since the disease was first found in 2005.

by Dan Gunderson

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February 12, 2008 1:37 AM

Cashing in on global warming

Thousands of farmers, and a few cities are earning money from climate change. They're trading on the carbon market.

by Dan Gunderson

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February 11, 2008 12:00 AM

President, Congress at odds over farm bill

President Bush is threatening to veto the $286 billion farm bill passed by the House and the Senate because it would raise taxes, and doesn't contain enough reform on subsidy payments to wealthy farmers. Midmorning looks at the issue of who's getting those subsidies, and why the current bill has become so controversial.

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February 6, 2008 9:47 AM

13th Austin meatpacker identified with neurological symptoms

Another meatpacker appears to have developed the neurological symptoms identified in 12 other workers that sparked a nationwide investigation.

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February 4, 2008 10:05 AM

NASA-funded study to examine crops' effect on weather

A new study at South Dakota State University -- and funded by NASA -- will try to find out how a move from corn and soybeans to grasses grown primarily for biofuel would affect the weather.