Agriculture
Tickets on sale for annual Dairy Banquet
Tickets for the 70th Mower County Dairy Banquet are now on sale. The Mower County Dairy Royalty will ...
Agriculture
Mower County Farm Bureau commemorates Food Awareness Month
Mower County Farm Bureau is recognizing March as Food Awareness Month. Food Awareness Month was created to bring ...
Agriculture
Bird flu costs pile up as outbreak enters second year
OMAHA, Neb. — The ongoing bird flu outbreak has cost the government roughly $661 million and added to ...
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FFA WEEK: FFA members hype the opportunities
In many ways, being a part of Future Farmers of America (FFA) is about participation and serving the ...
Agriculture
Grant program to help young Minnesota farmers proves popular
By Dan Gunderson Young farmers were waiting when a new grant program recently went on line for the ...
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VanPelt receives grant from Farm Credit
A $1,000 National FFA SAE grant has been awarded to Abby VanPelt of Austin by Farm Credit. The ...
Agriculture
Farming brothers honored for conservation
For all their lives, the Akkerman brothers have raised crops in Mower County, mostly in the Dobbins Creek ...
Agriculture
EPA seeks to mandate more use of ethanol and other biofuels
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed increasing the amount of ethanol and other biofuels ...
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Investigators: Firm that cleans meat plants employed minors
OMAHA, Neb. — A Wisconsin company that cleans hundreds of meatpacking plants nationwide is defending itself against allegations ...
Agriculture
Minnesota Receives $15M to Boost Meat and Poultry Processing
The State of Minnesota is receiving $15 million from the United States Department of Agriculture to establish a ...
Agriculture
Education Brief: Hayfield earns silver ranking at National FFA Convention
Brooke Bauer, a member of the Hayfield FFA Chapter received a silver ranking in the Dairy Cattle Handler ...
Agriculture
FFA team earns silver plaque at nationals
A foursome from Austin High School’s FFA group made history as the first team from the program to ...
Agriculture
In Your Community: Minnesota Pork Board, QPP and Hormel recognize pork production professionals during National Pork Month
To help celebrate National Pork Month, the Minnesota Pork Board organized an opportunity to give back to the ...
Agriculture
Hmong farmers celebrate ‘huge milestone’ of buying 155 acres in Dakota Co.
By Mark Zdechlik Minnesota’s Hmong American Farmers Association is celebrating its recent purchase of 155 acres of land ...
Agriculture
MnDOT asks people to safely share the road during fall harvest season
Motorists traveling on Minnesota roads this fall should be aware of large farm equipment transporting crops to markets, ...