Agriculture

What corn farmers should know about flooded fields

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Heavy rains soaked much of Minnesota this weekend and left parts of many corn fields under water.

“It doesn’t sound like there are too many whole fields flooded,

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Taxes: Farmers invited to learn more about tax changes through webinar

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UPDATE: Here is a video of the presentation and webinar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajmhJpZa8zI&feature=youtu.be

Do you have questions about recent tax changes impacting farmers from the 2014 legislative session?

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MCGA Radio: Tom Sell talks farm bill implementation

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On this week’s Minnesota Corn Growers Association radio, Tom Sell from Combest, Sell & Associates covers what corn farmers should know about implementation of the 2014 farm bill.

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Don't play political games with crucial farm policy

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Congress has started debating a fiscal year 2015 agriculture appropriations bill, which funds important food safety, farm services, animal health and nutrition programs. Unfortunately,

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Will there be another propane shortage this winter?

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The weather is (finally) warm, but it wasn’t long ago that Minnesota farmers, homeowners and businesses were dealing with a propane shortage during harvest season made worse by a long,

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The many uses for corn on a family cattle and dairy farm

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By Andrea Tomschin, MCGA Agvocate

My family and I have about 25 beef cows and grow 120 acres of corn and soybeans on our farm near Alden,

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Frustrating spring for farmers in Northern Minnesota

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By Aaron Vipond, MCGA Agvocate

You wake up in the morning, look at forecast, and think to yourself – rain again.

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The opportunities are endless with a degree in agriculture.

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By Kevin Welter, MCGA Agvocate

Friday, May 16 was the graduation ceremony for the College of Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS) at the University of Minnesota –

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EWG recycles a bunch of ethanol myths, calls it a "study"

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What do you get when Big Oil and corporate activists team up to attack farmers and consumers?

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) and its new (*ahem*),

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