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Ex-grain elevator manager sentenced to 8 years in prison for embezzlement

Ex-grain elevator manager sentenced to 8 years in prison for embezzlement

A federal judge on Friday sentenced a former grain elevator manager to eight years in prison for stealing millions of dollars from the business over the course of at least 15 years.
by Matt Sepic

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Hemp farmer charged with selling drugs

Hemp farmer charged with selling drugs

A Minnesota hemp farmer is facing charges after authorities claimed his products had more than the legal limit of the compound that makes users high.
by Associated Press and MPR News Staff

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Can fertilizer fuel greener tractors?

Can fertilizer fuel greener tractors?

University of Minnesota researchers developed a tractor engine that can run on a mixture of diesel fuel and anhydrous ammonia, a common nitrogen fertilizer.
by Dan Gunderson

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Corn and soybean prices in a bull market

Corn and soybean prices in a bull market

Rising prices for corn and soybeans could bring relief for financially struggling crop farmers, but how best to take advantage of higher grain prices makes for tricky decision-making.
by Dan Gunderson

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Red Lake pursues food sovereignty; a tractor would be nice, too

Red Lake pursues food sovereignty; a tractor would be nice, too

Red Lake Nation hopes to grow enough healthy, organic food to feed the entire tribe. It has plenty of land and abundant natural fertilizer. The only thing it doesn't have is enough equipment.
by John Enger

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A look at how hemp farming is regulated in Minnesota

Lanesboro industrial hemp farmer Luis Hummel is suing the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, alleging that his constitutional rights were violated when the state revoked his license to grow hemp and ordered him to destroy his crop.
by Phil Picardi

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Fact check: No sign of Trump-Mexico deal on farm goods

Fact check: No sign of Trump-Mexico deal on farm goods

The president tweeted that he had won the agreement to benefit America's "great patriot farmers," and that U.S. sales would begin "immediately." There isn't any sign of that happening, however. Mexican officials denied that anything on agriculture was included in the deal on border security reached Friday to avert Trump's threatened tariffs.
by The Associated Press

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Hemp farmer sues MN over crop crackdown, says state broke its own rules

Hemp farmer sues MN over crop crackdown, says state broke its own rules

Southern Minnesota farmer Luis Hummel is pushing back on a move by state agriculture officials to yank his license and destroy his hemp crop after police said it tested more like marijuana than hemp. But it's not clear what happened, or if the state followed its own regulations.
by Briana Bierschbach

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