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A new generation of farmers faces mounting challenges

A new generation of farmers faces mounting challenges

Expensive equipment and limited access to land are just a couple of the realities new farmers encounter.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Mankato to Dayton: Do better on water quality

Mankato to Dayton: Do better on water quality

The southern Minnesota city wants more help for farmers to reduce runoff, but the state says its hands are tied.
by Mark Steil

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Notes from the field: Reporter's first Farmfest

Notes from the field: Reporter's first Farmfest

MPR News reporter Elizabeth Dunbar visited Farmfest to talk to farmers, learn farm lingo and test-drive a tractor.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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How, and why, some farmers are bringing livestock back to the prairie

How, and why, some farmers are bringing livestock back to the prairie

Some farmers are grazing different types of animals on the same land in a carefully controlled pattern, which ideally will enhance animal welfare and also help regenerate the landscape.
by Amy Mayer

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As foodies seek local, Midwest farmers go global

As foodies seek local, Midwest farmers go global

Farmers face competing demands for local food, environmental stewardship and the need to feed a hungry world.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Food and farming from Annual to Sugar beet

Food and farming from Annual to Sugar beet

This handy guide should help you navigate the world of agriculture and food production. We'll be updating it periodically with new terms, so check back!
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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State investigating Monsanto weed killer after farmers' complaints

State investigating Monsanto weed killer after farmers' complaints

Minnesota farmers have joined hundreds in the southern U.S. who allege that the weed killer dicamba is drifting, hurting non-resistant fields.
by Mark Steil

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Farmers decry Trump plans to cut agriculture subsidies

Farmers decry Trump plans to cut agriculture subsidies

The proposed cuts come even as farmers are facing their fourth straight year of falling income, and could particularly affect farm states such as Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska that helped Trump win the November election.
by Associated Press

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Program rewarding farmers who protect water quality small, but growing

Program rewarding farmers who protect water quality small, but growing

Less than 1 percent of Minnesota's 26 million acres of farmland are under the agriculture water-quality certification program, but officials say that amount is growing.
by Kirsti Marohn

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