Nowadays, the Diers farm is much the same, with the exception of dairying, Mark said. "It was a dairy farm until 1991, when they sold the dairy cows," he said. The homestead always carried crops, ...
For the past 33 years, Lynn Ketelsen has been a fixture on local radio stations as farm director of the Linder Farm Network. Stemming back to the network’s creation more than 30 years ago, Ketelsen ...
When Vernon Richter began teaching agricultural education at Watertown-Mayer High School (WMHS), he inherited an FFA chapter little more than a decade old and quite small. By his retirement 37 years ...
Lester Prairie's 4-H club is known as the Bergen Busy Bees. It's local leaders are Sonja Johnson, Donna Anderson, and Patty Kuhlmann. Children ages five to 19 can be members, the ladies said. "There ...
As the summer months start to wane, a familiar feeling creeps into our household: the impending return to school. For my wife, a dedicated educator, it means a flurry of pre-season preparations. For ...
In early March, an outbreak of the equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) in Minnesota had horse-owners on high alert, especially those who owned barrel or game horses and had been to a recent event. A total of ...
4-H club members from Carver, McLeod, Meeker, and Wright counties competed at the Minnesota State Fair this year. Isaac Tesch – blue ribbon, Poultry; yellow ribbon, MN Meats. Wyatt Tesch – blue ribbon ...