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Farmers make rapid harvest progress

Minnesota farmers are making rapid progress on the fall harvest after a slow start to the growing season.

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Food stamps, milk prices on table in farm talks

Members of the House and Senate are scheduled to begin long-awaited negotiations on the five-year, roughly $500 billion bill this week. If they don't finish it, dairy supports could expire at the end of the year and send the price of a gallon of milk skyward.

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Report: Meat producers ignore pleas for health, environmental reform

The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future this week scolded the animal agriculture industry again with a review of how it has fared in the five years since the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production released its original report.

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Propane supplies tighten, prompt emergency order

Minnesota's corn crop is coming in much later than last year and the harvest is much more wet, which puts more pressure on propane supplies used to fuel dryers.
by Jon Collins

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Arkansas aims to make edamame as American as apple pie

A Texas-based Asian foods importer chose Arkansas to build its company, called American Vegetable Soybean and Edamame Inc., here. Raymond Chung, the chief financial officer, says one reason is because plenty of local farmers are willing to grow the non-genetically modified vegetable soybeans.

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Minnesota farmers see bountiful harvests and lower profits

Minnesota farmers see bountiful harvests and lower profits

For livestock producers, the trends are a welcome relief after some tough years. They buy a lot of grain to feed their animals and the falling prices will reduce their costs and boost profits. But for grain farmers, slipping prices will shrink profit margins.
by Mark Steil

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Can millet take on quinoa? First, it'll need a makeover

The grain hasn't quite taken off yet, partly because of perception issues. But farmers are optimistic that the grain, which is high in protein and gluten-free, can compete with quinoa.

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Report: Cargill got Colombian land meant for small farmers

Deals for more than 124,000 acres in recent years violate the spirit of Colombian policies intended to encourage family farming, Oxfam said in a recent report.
by Martin Moylan

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Rooftop farming is getting off the ground

While farmers in post-industrial cities like Detroit and Cleveland are claiming unused land for cultivation, in New York and Chicago, land comes at a high premium. That's why farmers there are increasingly eyeing spaces that they might not have to wrestle from developers: rooftops that are already green.

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Ocean Spray releases cranberry harvest estimate

This year's cranberry harvest is expected to be about 11 million barrels worldwide, or about the same as last year's.

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