The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is helping more people get into farming through a new round of our Down Payment Assistance Grant program.

This year could be termed the “Super Bowl of Candidate Forums” at Farmfest, with four candidate forums scheduled during the event on Aug. 4, 5 and 6 at the Gillfillan ...

Melissa Wilson is many things: a soil scientist and water quality specialist, a UMN professor, an educator and a mentor. But her real expertise is in manure.

The apple maggot (Rhagoletis pomonella) is the most important insect pest to Minnesota grown apples and typically starts to become active in July. Heavily infested apples are distorted, inedible and ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has added five counties to a deer feeding and attractant ban to reduce the risk of chronic wasting disease spread, following detections of CWD ...

What began in a college apartment with a tabletop roaster and the initial seedlings of a great idea has grown into a ...

I have a picture of a pen of sheep in 1952 — our first partnership. I didn’t do much except follow Dad around the yard and ...

The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. Terri has been reading since she was 3 years old and never goes anywhere without a book ...

Nestled within the east end of downtown Springfield, Minnesota is the only smokehouse this side of the Twin Cities.

Eight-year-old Emory Fleischhacker was having so much fun at Mounted Eagles, Inc. that her brother, Cooper, 10, decided he ...

In a time when mass production can easily become the norm, Millerville Co-op Creamery has chosen to stick to its heritage.

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which has been in place since July 1, 2020, is currently under a six-year review.