WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2022 – Funding to increase the availability of clean fuels nationwide is available through infrastructure grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. On Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the USDA is accepting applications for $100 million in ...

ST. PAUL — More funding for the state’s Farm to School program will provide fair food prices for growers, and will connect farmers to more consumers, said Gary Wertish, president of the Minnesota Farmers Union. “Minnesota’s Farm to School program provides a venue for family farmers to ...

ST. LOUIS — Farmers who share a story of how conservation is part of their farm operation could be recognized with a Conservation Legacy Award. The awards recognize farm management practices of U.S. soybean farmers that are both environmentally friendly and profitable. All U.S. soybean ...

ST. PAUL — To protect groundwater, farmers and commercial applicators applying fall nitrogen fertilizer are restricted in some areas of the state, according to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Under the Groundwater Protection Rule, fall nitrogen fertilizer application is prohibited ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Tuesday that members of his Cabinet have enough confidence in each other to keep working together as lawmakers broke into their summer vacations to debate the government's contentious plans to slash nitrogen emissions that ...

ST. PAUL — The purple carrot-seed moth, an invasive insect that feed on plants in the carrot family such as dill, fennel, and coriander, recently has been found for the first time in Minnesota. A resident near Stillwater first noticed the insect on their dill plants and reported it to the ...