agriculture

A new report highlights the economic impact of the agriculture sector of Minnesota's economy.

With the approval from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture, Hemp farming in the State is expanding.

The University of Minnesota Extension, Rochester will be sponsoring the 2017 Corn and Soybean Weed Management Tour on Thursday, July 6, from 9AM to 12:30PM. The field trial location is at the intersection of Highway 14 and County 22. This is just east of the Heintz Center and the College Campus in R…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Lt. Governor Tina Smith is leading a bipartisan delegation from Minnesota to Cuba to promote the state's farm products.

The 2017 Minnesota Grown Directory contains more than 1,000 listings, making it the largest directory ever. Issued by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, the directory lists local growers and farmers markets. Minnesota products include fruits, vegetables, meats, poultry, wines, nurseries, decor…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the number of hogs and pigs on Iowa farms has reached a new record high.

St Paul, MN (KROC AM News) - Governor Mark Dayton has issued an executive order that requires the state to take specific actions to reverse the decline of bees and other pollinator populations.

ST. PAUL, MN — Haley Hinrichs, a 19-year-old college student from Goodhue, has been crowned the 63rd Princess Kay of the Milky Way.

CLARION, Iowa (AP) — Wright County supervisors have approved a development agreement with a North Carolina-based company that plans to build a $240 million pork processing plant in northern Iowa.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general says the Obama administration has failed to study as legally required the impact of requiring ethanol in gasoline.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the recent frost has had little impact on Minnesota's corn crop.

EDGERTON, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton and key cabinet members visit Edgerton on Wednesday to discuss water quality challenges facing southwestern Minnesota.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A University of Minnesota study says farmers who actively tilled fields near turkey barns in the early days of last year's bird flu outbreak may have unwittingly helped spread the virus.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Final tallies from the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirm that Minnesota farmers harvested record corn and soybean crops in 2015.