ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mary Hoffmann, agriculture teacher at Sleepy Eye Public, along with Harley Braun, future agriculture teacher and former Sleepy Eye student, attended the 71st annual convention of the National Association of Agricultural Educators, December 3-7 in Anaheim, Calif. At the ...
By Suzanne Rook Faribault Daily News On the eastern edge of Minnesota's 1st Congressional District sits a grocery store along the abbreviated downtown St. Charles strip. Outside that store, local resident Jim Decker talked politics. "I'm getting a little bit fed up with Democrats." St. ...
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Nancy Haque worried about the conditions in sweatshops around the world. For Lynne Dodson, it was the possibility of attacks on public education. The plight of imperiled sea turtles got Lisa Wathne. An array of issues brought tens of ...
By Maddi Helget FFA Reporter NEW ULM — The Sleepy Eye FFA Chapter held its annual crops show and greenhand and parents’ night program on Monday, Nov. 18. It was a chance for the families of FFA members to get together and recognize the efforts of the chapter’s members and parents, ...
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Behind all the anger and indignation over a southwestern Wisconsin board’s attempts to control reports on a well water study is a simple story about manure. Lafayette County officials tried to stifle discussion about upcoming ...
By Maddi Helget Chapter Reporter More than 67,000 student leaders swarmed to Indianapolis, Indiana, at the 92nd National FFA Convention Oct. 29 – Nov. 2. The streets were flooded with blue jackets as students spread the message of agriculture, learned about leadership and service, competed ...
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. — Farmers from across northwest Minnesota gathered in East Grand Forks on Tuesday, Oct. 29, to tell Gov. Tim Walz and his administrative staff about the unprecedented situation they are facing this harvest season. About 50 farmers attended the roundtable discussion ...
By TAYLOR GOEBEL, Salisbury Daily Times DAGSBORO, Del. (AP) — Like many land parcels in southern Delaware, the 37-acre soybean field on Piney Neck Road near Dagsboro could have easily become a residential development. But instead of having houses, the field is now in full bloom, thanks ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press LEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A farming business owned by the family of West Virginia's billionaire governor has received $125,000 in soybean and corn subsidies, the maximum allowed from a federal program meant to help American farmers through the U.S. ...
Sierra Garcia Stanford University Editor's note: The following article is the first in a two-part series on the impact of the foreign-worker shortage on agriculture. The second article in the series will address support of an improved guest-worker program. Gilbert Castellanos said he ...
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press MARQUAM, Ore. (AP) — Rancher Jerome Rosa sat in his mud-spattered pickup truck, glumly watching some of his cows resting on a grassy slope in Oregon's fertile Willamette Valley. Rosa, the executive director of the Oregon Cattlemen's Association, told ...
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A key Republican lawmaker vowed Wednesday to block new state restrictions designed to protect farmers' neighbors from the stench of manure following a flurry of complaints from Wisconsin's agricultural community. The state ...
(AP) — The biggest worry for farmers used to be the weather. Now it’s the government, specifically the Trump administration and its supporters in Congress. In June 2018, southern Minnesota soybean prices were $9.40 per bushel before the soybean tariffs were set to be imposed by China. ...
By Kristine Goodrich Mankato Free Press When he wasn’t doing farm work, studying or participating in the St. Peter High School trapshooting team or FFA, Landon Gran was restoring his 1978 Ford pickup. “He just got it running. He barely got to drive it,” said Michele Gran, Landon’s ...
This past month the Sleepy Eye FFA chapter recognized a select group of distinguished members who donated much of their time to the FFA throughout the summer. These 31 members were named the 2019 Sleepy Eye FFA Summer All-Stars. In order for these students to become a summer all-star, each ...
By Cali Rossbach Chapter Reporter SLEEPY EYE — Twenty-five FFA members from Sleepy Eye traveled to Farm Fest Aug. 6-8, to teach youth about various areas of farm safety. The following members helped with setting up and conducting activities for the week: Morgan Hoffmann, Sophie Portner, ...
By Annie Harman OWATONNA — As the fairgrounds buzzed with excitement and vendors focused on setting up for the inevitable large crowd, the Steele County Free Fair took a moment to recognize prominent players in the local agricultural community. The Equine and Livestock halls of fame ...
By Tim Krohn MANKATO — The latest crop production report from the USDA surprised farmers and analysts and sent corn prices tumbling this week. “It caught people off guard. It’s been quite a downward spin,” said Kent Thiesse, farm management analyst at MinnStar Bank in Lake ...
This is the fourth and final in a series of articles detailing the University of Minnesota’s outreach to farmers in Greater Minnesota and around the country. When the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its Census of Agriculture earlier this year, it revealed the changing face of ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thousands of FFA members from throughout the country are converging in Washington, D.C. this summer to evaluate their personal skills and interests, develop leadership talent, and create service plans that will make a difference in their communities. More than 2,300 ...