COURTLAND – Gerald “Jerry” and Gloria Fitzner, of Courtland, were recently honored with the Sesquicentennial Farm award from the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation. The Farm Bureau honors Minnesota families that have owned their farms for at least 150 years, are at least 50 acres in size, ...

NEW ULM – The New Ulm Future Farmers of America (FFA) Career and Development Events (CDE) teams qualified for the State competition on April 27-29 in St. Paul. Student Members competed on Oct.16th at the Region VII Contests in Arlington, MN. New Ulm also had 21 students attend the Region VII ...

BROWN COUNTY — While warm, record-setting dry fall weather continues, some farmers say things aren’t as bad as they thought they would be. Thursday’s U.S. Drought Monitor update listed most of south central and southwest Minnesota in moderate drought. It’s dusty too. The Minnesota ...

REDWOOD COUNTY — A large dairy producer with facilities in Redwood and Stearns counties was ordered to pay $250,000 in back wages Thursday, according to a settlement with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. The civil lawsuit settlement stems from one of the largest wage theft lawsuits ...

BROWN COUNTY — Local farmers and politicians reacted in a variety of ways when asked for their thoughts on the farm bill, a multiyear law that governs a number of agricultural and food programs. The farm bill focuses on farm commodity program support for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, rice, ...

NEW ULM — Farm-City Hub Club members including founding members, celebrated the 50th anniversary of the organization that promotes agriculture and agri-business at the Royal Oak Event Center Friday. Co-founder John Campe of Rushford, who owned Klossner State Bank for many years, talked about ...