Above: Kara Anderson, a senior research plot technician at the University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach Center in Waseca, helped plant a demonstration plot of corn, soybeans, and wheat on Feb.
Read more >Category: Agriculture
Dates set for MN Corn-sponsored grower education events
Dates have been set for a series of Minnesota Corn-sponsored University of Minnesota Extension farmer education events this winter.
Extension will hold its annual Soil Management Summit Dec.
Read more >Field Day focuses on women in agriculture
Written by Jonathan Eisenthal
More than one in every three American farmers is a woman, and that proportion is likely growing. That’s 1.2 million women farmers, as of the latest U.S.
Read more >Agriculture to EPA: get the science right
In August, Minnesota Corn Growers Association (MCGA) board member Brian Thalmann was among the grower-leaders from across the country who testified before a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) about the importance of atrazine.
Read more >Extremely Spotty: Growers in NW Minnesota see extreme variability in crop condition
Written by Jonathan Eisenthal
Crops in northwest Minnesota are faring from good to poor, according to area growers, with the description “spotty” seeming to capture what is happening.
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