Agriculture

April 10, 2018 7:08 AM

A grass-roots movement for healthy soil spreads among farmers

America's farmers are digging soil like never before. A movement for "regenerative agriculture" is dedicated to building healthier soil and could even lead to a new eco-label on food.

by Dan Charles

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April 7, 2018 12:00 AM

When robots milk cows, farm families taste freedom

On a growing number of dairy farms, cows, not people, decide when they need to be milked. Robots can do the job day or night. For some farm families, the robots free them from rigid milking schedules.

by Dan Charles

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April 4, 2018 5:43 PM

Go vegan, save the world? Study highlights benefits of eating more plants

New research analyzes how much nutrition is "lost" when farmland is used to raise and feed animals, rather than grow plants for human consumption.

by Cody Nelson

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March 27, 2018 12:19 PM

Minnesota farmers endured 5th straight year of thin profits

A new report says bumper crops and occasional upticks in prices weren't enough to save most Minnesota farmers from a fifth straight year of thin profits in 2017.

by Associated Press

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February 27, 2018 2:37 PM

As milk prices decline, worries about dairy farmer suicides rise

The nation's dairy farmers are facing their fourth year of depressed milk prices. The outlook is so bleak, it's increased worries about farmer suicides. One recent outreach effort drew criticism.

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January 29, 2018 10:00 AM

U study: Wetlands key to keeping harmful nitrates out of waters

A new University of Minnesota study found wetlands are providing a significant water quality benefit by keeping nitrates from crop fertilizer out of rivers.

by Kirsti Marohn

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January 17, 2018 4:00 AM

Free nitrate tests meet farmer resistance in Brown County

Brown County recently became the first Minnesota county not to accept the Department of Agriculture program after citizens voiced concerns that the data could be used to target farmers for additional regulations.

by Kirsti Marohn

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January 3, 2018 4:00 AM

Northern Minnesota sheriff gets aggressive with wolves

The Kittson County sheriff says ranchers are angry with wolf killings of cattle, and that his office can investigate such reports better than state or federal authorities.

by Dan Gunderson

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December 26, 2017 4:00 AM

Inside the whiskey revolution in northern Minnesota

One craft distiller in Hallock, Minn., got a state grant to study how different rye varieties affect taste in whiskey. The results, he says, show promise for the state's booze industry.

by Dan Gunderson