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Agribusiness

Simple process, big impact

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 ...

Dairy farmers sound off at Farmfest

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 ...

Farmfest: Frequencies, Farm Bill, foreign trade

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 ...

Sleepy Eye FFA members attend Timberland Leadership Camp

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 ...

Fairgrounds hosts youth dairy show June 24

NEW ULM — The Brown County Fairgrounds hosts the Southern Minnesota Youth Dairy Show June 23-24. Stalling begins at 1p.m., Friday, June 24. Late entries are accepted until 8:30 a.m. Saturday. The show starts at 9 a.m. A pizza party for all exhibitors and families courtesy of Fritsche ...

Incredible shrinking lakes

WASHINGTON — Climate change ‘s hotter temperatures and society’s diversion of water have been shrinking the world’s lakes by trillions of gallons of water a year since the early 1990s, a new study finds. A close examination of nearly 2,000 of the world’s largest lakes found they are ...