Agriculture

May 9, 2016 1:36 PM

Why many Midwestern farmers are pro-TPP

A coalition of more than 200 agriculture groups wrote an open letter urging Congress to approve the trade deal, saying it'll help U.S. farmers stay competitive in an increasingly crowded world market.

by Kristofor Husted

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March 28, 2016 4:13 PM

Scientists worry massive Chinese lake a global bird flu cauldron

Poyang Lake, home to as many as 1 million wild geese, ducks and other waterfowl in southeastern China, may be an international breeding ground for avian influenza. Here's why.

by Rob Schmitz

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February 22, 2016 2:53 PM

Minnesota cropland values slip as grain prices fall

Minnesota farmland prices fell 5.5 percent during the first nine months of 2015, according to a University of Minnesota analysis.

by Mark Steil

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February 22, 2016 4:00 AM

Minnesota farmers find going organic no easy task

Americans' rapidly growing appetite for organic food is changing the entire U.S. food chain. Many farmers are trying to adapt, but not everybody makes it to that organic future.

by Mark Steil

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February 3, 2016 5:41 PM

SW Minnesota solar farm plan feels opponents' heat

Solar power is increasingly popular in Minnesota, but not everyone is welcoming the alternative energy. Residents near a planned massive solar farm near Marshall will ask state regulators Thursday to block it.

by Mark Steil

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January 26, 2016 4:00 AM

As crop prices fall, MN farmers may roll more land into conservation

Major grain prices are so low many farmers will lose money trying to put a crop in the ground. That's rekindling farmer interest in enrolling land in the federal Conservation Reserve Program.

by Mark Steil

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January 12, 2016 6:32 PM

For MN farmers, record-busting 2015 harvest was too much of a good thing

Nearly perfect weather produced so much grain that prices are taking a beating.

by Mark Steil

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January 6, 2016 3:01 PM

MN beekeeper: Feds must tighten rules on insecticide-coated seeds

A federal lawsuit filed today seeks to force the EPA to label the seeds as a pesticide. The change would curb use of the pesticides that beekeepers say are inadvertently killing their colonies.

by Dan Gunderson

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December 18, 2015 3:14 PM

How one Minnesota chicken producer kept the bird flu out

As avian flu swept across Minnesota this spring, Gold'n Plump managed to keep every one of its hundreds of central Minnesota chicken barns virus-free. Now, poultry producers nationally are taking notice.

by Mark Steil