NEW ULM — In the cool of the morning Saturday, Brown County Fair attendees watched DockDogs at the south end of the midway and indoor 4-H and FFA swine competition. Molly Scheid of New Ulm said she and her four-year-old, female Yellow Labrador “Zoey” tried the “Let’s Try Dockdogs” ...

GILFILLAN ESTATES — A Westbrook farmer known for recruiting many soybean farmers to the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association a few years ago, compared farming these days to what it was like in the 1980s. Sitting in the Minnesota Corn Growers Association (MCGA) tent at Farmfest Tuesday, ...

GILFILLAN ESTATE — A panel of state and national agricultural leaders discussed a variety of concerns and things to be thankful for at Farmfest’s Ag Outlook forum Wednesday. Challenges include flooded cropland, low crop prices, poultry and dairy disease, hindering regulations, and labor ...

GILFILLAN ESTATES — A panel of national agricultural leaders and U.S. Sen. Tina Smith discussed the status of the new farm bill at a Farmfest forum Wednesday. The farm bill is a multiyear law that governs agricultural and food programs and provides an opportunity for policymakers to address ...

GILFILLAN ESTATES — Seven U.S. Senate candidates discussed a variety of farm issues and how they would solve them at a Farmfest forum Wednesday. The farm bill, a multiyear law that governs many agricultural and food programs and allows policymakers to address ag and food issues, is typically ...

HANSKA — Nick Stadick played polka music as busloads of people attended walked onto Tauer Dairy at Family Night on the Dairy Farm Friday. The third-generation family farm operated by David and Angie Tauer milks 250 purebred Holsteins twice a day in a double 6 parlor. The Tauers were named ...