Agriculture

By Nathan Winter
Extension Educator – Agricultural Productions Systems
McLeod/Meeker County

Joe Neaton, who operates 450 acres of alfalfa, corn and soybeans near Watertown, was re-elected president of the Minnesota National Farmers Organization at its reorganizational meeting earlier this mo

By David Bau,
ag business management educator,
University of Minnesota Extension

The Southwest Research and Outreach Center in Lamberton will host Winter Crops and Soils Day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3.

December 2009 milk production totaled 774 million pounds in Minnesota, up 3.2 percent from the 750 million pounds produced in December 2008, according to the U.S.

By Nathan Winter
Extension Educator – Agricultural Productions Systems
McLeod/Meeker County

In 2009, farmer-owners of La Farge, Wis.-based Organic Valley, who like all farmers are facing the deepest and longest recession in more than 50 years, demonstrated once again the strength and resilie

By Ryon Walker,
a beef educator with University of Minnesota Extension.

Minnesota CORN production is estimated at 1.25 billion bushels, breaking the previous record production of 1.19 billion bushels set in 2005.

The Minnesota Holstein Association, based in Waite Park, will hold is annual Breeder Seminars on Jan. 28-30 at three convenient locations across the state, including Jan. 28 at the Best Western Victorian Inn in Hutchinson.