Agriculture

July 24, 2017 5:00 PM

Quiz: What's your Minnesota ag IQ?

How much do you know about where your food comes from?

by Elizabeth Dunbar and MPR News Staff

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July 24, 2017 12:00 AM

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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July 20, 2017 4:00 AM

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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June 3, 2017 12:06 PM

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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May 23, 2017 10:00 AM

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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May 18, 2017 3:17 PM

Will the government help farmers adapt to a changing climate?

The livelihoods of farmers and ranchers are intimately tied to weather and the environment. But they may no longer be able to depend on government research to help them adapt to climate change.

by Luke Runyon

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April 25, 2017 7:00 AM

Iowa farmers won water pollution court fight; water still polluted

The Des Moines Water Works went to court to force farmers to pay the costs of cleaning the city's drinking water. A federal judge recently tossed the case but left a vital question unanswered.

by Mark Steil

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April 22, 2017 9:43 AM

Farmers market season returns

The Minneapolis Farmers Market on Lyndale Avenue got started last week, and the market in downtown St. Paul kicks off next week.

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April 13, 2017 4:00 AM

Minnesota farmers optimistic, realistic as spring planting nears

The state's growers face their fourth straight year of low grain prices as they get ready for spring planting. It's forced some out of business. But most are surviving and looking ahead despite the cloudy future.

by Mark Steil