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 ...

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 ...

A merger of four co-ops, including Mid America Dairymen (Mid-Am) in Winsted has created Dairy Farmers of America. According to Steve Otto, Mid-Am board member, the merger was finalized on Jan. 1. The ...

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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, ...

Chad Hoese, who farms 1500 acres between Silver Lake and Glencoe with his dad, Terry, has been using GPS since the spring of 2006. “I absolutely love it,” he said. GPS work from a system of orbiting ...

For the second year in a row, the Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R) program in Wright County won recognition from the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation for being the top program in the state in 2011, ...

Some growers are planning to increase their soybeans acres in 2017, because they feel soybeans may be more profitable next fall. With the current price scenario, this may be true. For some growers, ...

Local schools have many opportunities for students to get down in the dirt. Horticulture classes, school gardens, and FFA programs give students who live within city limits or on a farm the ability to ...

If you do an Internet search on Manure Application Compliance in Minnesota, 4.8 million results will come up, directing you to information on the subject. Without a doubt, you could learn more than ...

Harvest time is here, and there are a few things to consider, more than just operating the combine. For those of you with yield monitors, you should take the time to calibrate it. If you are using ...

Valuable for milk, meat, and wool, the Icelandic sheep at Star Thrower Farm north of Glencoe are true “stars” in the eyes of their owners, Scott and Deborah Pikovsky. Lambing will be in full swing by ...