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Nitrogen fertilizer management plan comment period opens this week

The Minnesota Agriculture Department holds the first of six public meetings this week on it's new nitrogen fertilizer management plan for state farmers. The plan's goal is to prevent or minimize the impact of nitrogen fertilizer on drinking water.
by Mark Steil

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Photos: State Fair kids and their animals

Photos: State Fair kids and their animals

MPR's Nikki Tundel documented some of the many young people who showed their animals at the 2013 Minnesota State Fair.
by Nikki Tundel

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Corn, soybean crops behind schedule; at risk of early freeze damage

Corn, soybean crops behind schedule; at risk of early freeze damage

The warmer weather forecast for the next week, including some 90 degree temperatures, should speed crop maturity, and lessen the risk of damage from a frost a little.
by Mark Steil

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Blueberry bounty has growers feeling blue

Blueberry bounty has growers feeling blue

The blueberries on your morning cereal are less expensive this year. That's because farmers are harvesting a bumper crop this summer. It's good news for berry lovers, but the bounty might wreck some blueberry growers.

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Farmers could harvest second-largest crop in Minnesota history

Farmers could harvest second-largest crop in Minnesota history

Minnesota farmers are expected to harvest slightly smaller corn and soybean crops this fall than last year, in part because fields in some parts of the state have been hurt by too much spring rain, followed, by streak of cool temperatures.
by Mark Steil

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Emergency hay harvest will be chosen by DNR lottery

Today is the last day that farmers can apply for the state's emergency hay harvest on wildlife management areas.
by Lorna Benson

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DNR offers livestock producers emergency haying

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is offering emergency haying for livestock producers because of a hay shortage.

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Farm laborers get foothold with their own organic farms

A program that helps field workers start their own farms and businesses is starting to yield a few success stories.

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Farmers adjust fertilizer for cleaner water at home and downstream

Farmers adjust fertilizer for cleaner water at home and downstream

Farmland is the source for 70 percent of the nitrates in state surface waters, according to a recent study. Reducing the amount of nitrate that enters rivers and streams is a daunting job, but there are signs that some of the changes made on farms already are taking hold.
by Mark Steil

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Crop insurance rule causing confusion for some

Crop insurance rule causing confusion for some

Last year's drought has contributed to confusion over crop insurance rules for some Upper Midwest farmers who couldn't get a crop in the ground this past spring due to the opposite weather extreme -- too much moisture.

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