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Agriculture

Officials implore Tyson to close Iowa pork plant amid virus outbreak

Officials implore Tyson to close Iowa pork plant amid virus outbreak

More than a dozen Iowa elected officials on Friday implored Tyson Fresh Meats to close its Waterloo pork processing plant, saying the coronavirus is spreading among workers and is endangering both employees and the surrounding community.
by The Associated Press

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Local farmers, reliant on shuttered schools and restaurants, find new markets

Local farmers, reliant on shuttered schools and restaurants, find new markets

Thousands of Minnesota farms grow food that supply schools, restaurants and families with everything from meat to vegetables to flour. The coronavirus pandemic has turned many of those markets upside down.
by Dan Gunderson

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Smithfield Foods announces indefinite closure of Sioux Falls plant amid COVID-19 outbreak

Smithfield Foods announces indefinite closure of Sioux Falls plant amid COVID-19 outbreak

Smithfield Foods announced Sunday that its massive pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D., will close indefinitely amid a coronavirus outbreak. As of Saturday, more than 230 employees had tested positive for COVID-19, out of a workforce of about 3,700 people.
by MPR News Staff

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DNR reviews impacts of farmer’s plan to irrigate cropland in Pineland Sands

DNR reviews impacts of farmer’s plan to irrigate cropland in Pineland Sands

Farmer Tim Nolte wants to irrigate about 300 acres to grow hay and other crops, and graze his cattle. But the request has gotten caught up in a larger debate over the conversion of forests to potato fields in the region, which covers Wadena, Cass, Becker and Hubbard counties in north-central Minnesota.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Food comes full circle in Sleepy Eye, where even the bison eat local

Food comes full circle in Sleepy Eye, where even the bison eat local

A new brewery in downtown Sleepy Eye has partnered with a local bison farmer in an unusual arrangement: The bison eat the spent grains that the would otherwise get thrown away, a byproduct of the brewing process — and eventually, the meat from those bison shows up on the brewery cafe’s menu.
by Hannah Yang

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'Momma on a mission' backs Walz's call for farm safety money

'Momma on a mission' backs Walz's call for farm safety money

Gov. Tim Walz has proposed more funding to reduce farm accidents by reimbursing farmers who retrofit their tractors and grain bins with safety equipment. He was joined at a news conference by Michele Gran, the mother of Landon Gran, who was 18 when he died in a grain bin accident last August.
by The Associated Press

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