Agriculture

After Del Monte closure stuns Sleepy Eye, town's future uncertain
Del Monte stunned Sleepy Eye when its corporate headquarters announced that this fall would be the plant’s final season. Rumors the plant could find a new buyer are giving locals hope.
'It's showtime': 4-H'ers work for months to get animals ready for State Fair
Each day at the Minnesota State Fair, thousands of people wander into the livestock barns to look at award-winning cows, sheep and pigs. But behind each of those animals — and sometimes sleeping in the stalls with them — are kids who have put in months of hard work preparing for the fair.
Minnesota officials on lookout for infected plants carrying disease that kills oak trees
State agriculture officials say a fungus-like organism that has killed millions of oak trees on the West Coast has made its way to the Midwest — and they're asking for the public's help in monitoring for its possible spread to Minnesota.
Swine fever is killing vast numbers of pigs in China
The number of pigs in China is falling rapidly due to an epidemic of African swine fever. It's affecting farmers and consumers across the world, because China produces half of the world's pork.
To slow global warming, U.N. warns agriculture must change
The way we produce food and manage land must change radically if humans hope to avoid catastrophic global temperature rise, according to a new report by the United Nations panel on climate change.