(METRO) — Farmers have been pressured to increase production to meet the demand of a growing population. This may require employing more efficient measures to ensure maximum output. Unfortunately, efficiency doesn’t always mesh with sustainability, so commercial operations have had to make ...

MARSHALL — The Southwest Minnesota State University Enactus chapter expects profit from a new enterprise based on the composting of food waste, coffee grounds and paper. Composting efforts began in 2022 at the SMSU test plot site north of the campus. The next step is to scale up toward ...

LAKE BENTON — It was a simple process — but one that could have a big impact for Minnesota soybean farmers, Bob Worth said. Worth, the president of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association and a Lake Benton area farmer, recently enrolled in the Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality ...

GIFILLAN ESTATE — A couple dairy farmers talked about low milk prices and climate change at the U.S. House Agriculture Committee Farm Bill listening session at Farmfest Wednesday. The farmers were among 43 people who gave listening session input to Congressional leaders for more than two ...

GILFILLAN ESTATE — Farmfest 2023 began at Gilfillan Estate Tuesday with forums on U.S. ag exports, trade policy and the new Farm Bill. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar told a Farmfest Forum crowd she believes legislation supporting the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act has enough support to ...

Thirty-two Sleepy Eye FFA members traveled to Sibley State Park, near New London, from June 5th-8th, 2023. Sleepy Eye FFA Advisors, Mary Hoffmann, Katie Emmett, and Paul Hendricks; Camp Assistants, Morgan Hoffmann, Alex Dominguez, and Grecia Navarro; along with several members from the Tracy ...