INDIANAPOLIS — Mary Hoffmann, Sleepy Eye Ag. Teacher and FFA Advisor, attended the National Team Ag. Ed. Inservice in Indianapolis, Indiana Jan. 24-26. Hoffmann has been on The National Council for Agricultural Education board since 2020 as the National Association for Agricultural ...
FALCON HEIGHTS — The Minnesota State Fair annually elects one individual for the Honorary Life membership in the Minnesota State Agricultural Society. Superintendent of Farm Crops at the Minnesota State Fair for the past 22 years, Ron Kelsey of Lamberton, is this year’s honoree. In 2006 he ...
NEW MUNICH — All officers were re-elected at the annual organizational meeting of National Farmers Organization of Minnesota Saturday, Jan. 21 at the New Munich Marketing Center. Joe Neaton of Watertown was re-elected State President. Joe and his wife LuAnn operate 450 acres of ...
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) has issued an updated map that will help farmers across the state comply with the Groundwater Protection Rule. The rule restricts fall application of nitrogen fertilizer in areas vulnerable to contamination, and it outlines steps to ...
The Agriculture Department on Thursday issued new requirements for foods labeled organic, a move aimed at cracking down on fraud and boosting oversight. The rule strengthens enforcement of the USDA’s strict definitions of organic, which must rely on “natural substances and physical, ...
ST. PAUL — Applications are now open for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s (MDA) new Soil Health Financial Assistance Pilot Program soil health equipment grants. These grants are available to individual producers, producer groups, and local governments to purchase or retrofit soil ...