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From gratitude to grief: Minnesota farm couple mourns loss of dedicated lawmaker

From gratitude to grief: Minnesota farm couple mourns loss of dedicated lawmaker

The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead — The late Rep. Melissa Hortman was known to Danny and Mary Lundell as a master of bipartisan collaboration and a champion for rural Minnesotans

Minnesota farm family cashes in on solar with Novel Energy Solutions

Minnesota farm family cashes in on solar with Novel Energy Solutions

The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead — In 2023, solar energy provided almost 4% of Minnesota's total electricity generation, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Organic Valley farm in heart of Coon Creek Watershed first to receive payment in carbon insetting...

Organic Valley farm in heart of Coon Creek Watershed first to receive payment in carbon insetting...

Agweek — The Gretebeck family planted 1,100 trees on the ridge of its organic dairy to provide shade for cow comfort and for flood resilience.

Veteran finds balance through farming

Veteran finds balance through farming

Agweek — After growing nearly 2,000 pounds of produce last year at his urban farm, Jon Norling is looking to scale up production with the help of his dog, Athena.

Rock Dell Creamery still buying milk 135 years later

Rock Dell Creamery still buying milk 135 years later

Agweek — The creamery is ranked as the oldest cooperative creamery operating in Minnesota

'The horseradish kings' bring the zing with Silver Spring

'The horseradish kings' bring the zing with Silver Spring

Agweek — The Eau Claire-based company is the largest grower and processor of horseradish in the world.

Pumpkin king Travis Gienger and world-record pumpkin will be home for Halloween

Pumpkin king Travis Gienger and world-record pumpkin will be home for Halloween

Agweek — Travis Gienger's pumpkin will make Minnesota stops in Wyoming, Foley, Anoka and at the Mall of America in November.

Wisconsin expects big cranberry harvest after dry season

Wisconsin expects big cranberry harvest after dry season

Agweek — Wisconsin is estimated to harvest over 5 million barrels of cranberries this year.

Red Wing Grain deals with low water levels and record barging rates

Red Wing Grain deals with low water levels and record barging rates

Agweek — RED WING, Minn. - Low water levels and rising barge costs have had an impact on Red Wing Grain, one of five Mississippi River ports in Minnesota providing access to river ports to the south and the Gulf of Mexico via New Orleans Jim Larson, general manager of Red Wing Grain, spent 12 years working for Cargill before coming to Red Wing Grain about 17 years ago.

Family is key to the success of Burt's Meats

Family is key to the success of Burt's Meats

Agweek — (Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part series on meat processing in Minnesota. Last week's story looked at a report on meat processing in the state.) EYOTA, Minn. ― Meat processing has always been a family affair for the Burt family.

Robots may be dairy's future, but not a cure-all, farmer says

Robots may be dairy's future, but not a cure-all, farmer says

Agweek — PLAINVIEW, Minn. - Robotic milking may be the future of dairy farming but it won't make dairy farming easy. "We've been through some really tough times," said Chad Schumacher, operator of Schumacher Dairy Farm in Plainview, which milks around 150 cows using two Lely robots that were installed in 2014.

Fellers Ranch uses localized approach to capitalize on growing demand for wagyu beef

Fellers Ranch uses localized approach to capitalize on growing demand for wagyu beef

Agweek — CONGER, Minn. ― Wagyu beef is growing in popularity throughout the Midwest, and one Minnesota company is using a localized approach to cash in on that. The term wagyu translates to "Japanese cow," but wagyu beef typically refers to several cattle breeds that produce intense marbling.

Founder of Machinery Pete read the tea leaves for 'unbelievable' farm auction industry

Founder of Machinery Pete read the tea leaves for 'unbelievable' farm auction industry

Agweek — ROCHESTER, Minn. ― Greg Peterson has been charting auction prices before they were accessible on the World Wide Web, and he's never seen anything like this. Due to a surge in online auction participation, slowed manufacturing of new equipment and one of the lowest inventories of used equipment ever, the market for farm equipment has reached an unprecedented point .

First convergence marks turning point for the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance

First convergence marks turning point for the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance

Agweek — ALBERT LEA, Minn. - Construction of the framework for a regenerative poultry system meant to transform the local food system is underway. The Regenerative Agriculture Alliance, who's founder and CEO is Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, is dedicated to bringing regenerative poultry products to market.

Minnesota couple builds duck egg and pastured pork operation on former dairy farm

Minnesota couple builds duck egg and pastured pork operation on former dairy farm

Agweek — FARIBAULT, Minn. ― When Tiffany Tripp moved back to the farm she grew up at in 2011, she didn't realize just over a decade later she'd be running her own successful operation on it. Tripp and her husband, Andy Olson, run Graise Farm in Faribault, Minnesota, where they raise a few hundred ducks for eggs, chickens for eggs and farrow-to-finish pastured pork.

Setting the stage for rural art

Setting the stage for rural art

Agweek — Melissa Wray, founder and director of Mainspring, returned to her rural roots after a decade of living in the Twin Cities to start the community organization with a mission to make more creative space available for the rural community of Caledonia and Houston County.

End of a four-year road to transition farmland now in sight for Singing Hills Dairy

End of a four-year road to transition farmland now in sight for Singing Hills Dairy

Agweek — Lynne Reeck, owner and operator of Singing Hills Dairy, has been looking to transition off her farmland since 2018. Now thanks to a partnership between Renewing the Countryside and American Farmland Trust, a successful transition could be in the near future.

Iowa State University's Schulte Moore named 2021 MacArthur Fellow | Agweek

Iowa State University's Schulte Moore named 2021 MacArthur Fellow | Agweek

Agweek — AMES, Iowa - A landscape ecologist and professor of natural resource ecology and management at Iowa State University is the first ISU faculty member to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. Last month, Lisa Schulte Moore was named a 2021 MacArthur Fellow.

Southeast Minnesota dealer desperate for parts and people as harvest rolls on | Pine and Lakes Ec...

Southeast Minnesota dealer desperate for parts and people as harvest rolls on | Pine and Lakes Ec...

Pineandlakes Echo Journal — Chuck Schams, store manager at St. Joseph Equipment as well as vice president of the company, said staff members at St Joseph Equipment in Eyota are doing all they can to continue that service while the supply chain is delaying shipments on essential parts for operators at crucial times like harvest season.

Dr. Charlie Mayo's side pursuit of agriculture | Bemidji Pioneer

Dr. Charlie Mayo's side pursuit of agriculture | Bemidji Pioneer

Bemidji Pioneer — ROCHESTER, Minnesota - While the Mayo brothers were beginning to gain notable success in the early 1900s in the field of surgery, one of them was making sure the farms surrounding his home were also achieving success.

Minnesota community says goodbye to revered auctioneer Mike Suess | Agweek

Minnesota community says goodbye to revered auctioneer Mike Suess | Agweek

Agweek — Mike Suess, 69, a well-respected businessman and auctioneer in the Stewartville area, died in his sleep on Sept. 13. According to his obituary, Suess' auction business was a "hub for farm machinery traders all over the country."

Making the turn from pastured pigs to pork at Nettle Valley Farm | Wadena Pioneer Journal

Making the turn from pastured pigs to pork at Nettle Valley Farm | Wadena Pioneer Journal

Wadena Pioneer Journal — SPRING GROVE, Minnesota ― Dayna Burtness said pig season at Nettle Valley farm is the fastest season. In late June this year, 75 pigs arrived to the Spring Grove farm, said Burtness, all weighing around 40 pounds. In mid-September, she said the heaviest pig was 280 pounds.

Non-white cultures still overlooked in Minnesota's food industry, state ag department official sa...

Non-white cultures still overlooked in Minnesota's food industry, state ag department official sa...

Bemidji Pioneer — Bailey oversees the state's Emerging Farmers Working Group, which was created in the 2020 legislative session to advise Minnesota's Commissioner of Agriculture and legislature "regarding the development and implementation of programs and initiatives that support emerging farmers in this state."

Advocates push ag industry to speak up on social issues | Agweek

Advocates push ag industry to speak up on social issues | Agweek

Agweek — Ag advocates like Megan Brown have helped influence organizations like the National Farmers Union and American Farm Bureau Federation to speak out against unrest in the United States, like the recent violence in Washington, D.C. over a peaceful transfer of power by President Donald Trump.
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