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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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How to better protect farmworkers from pesticides: Spanish

Farm-use pesticides carry warning labels that spell out health risks and how workers should protect themselves -- but those labels are usually in English.

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Are antibiotics on the farm risky business?

Activist groups, as well as prominent medical organizations, are calling for stricter rules on how these animal antibiotics are used. At the moment, there are few restrictions on agricultural use; farmers can buy most antibiotics for the animals over the counter.

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Old farm machinery harvesting high prices

Old farm machinery harvesting high prices

For a good example of what might seem an out-of-control tractor market, one need only look to a chilly, rain-soaked auction last March in southwest Minnesota.
by Mark Steil

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Meat groups sue USDA over meat labeling rule

Requiring meat labels to have more details about a product's origins is too costly and serves no public health or safety benefit, industry groups said, announcing a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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EU-U.S. trade: GMO crops a thorny issue

Genetically modified crops will be one of many thorny issues taken up when the U.S. and the European Union sit down to negotiate the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership -- or T-TIP -- in Washington this week. The ambitious free-trade deal could form the world's largest single market. It promises to create thousands of new jobs and generate tens of billions of dollars of additional trade.

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