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Recent Entries:


  • Renewable fuels are region’s strength


  • Notable guests at Farmfest


  • Farm Fest Forum Events


  • Eight reasons why farmers should support cap-and-trade legislation


  • Report: Hot dry weather helps Minn. farmers plant


  • Cow genome ‘to transform farming’


  • The Growing Lust for Agricultural Lands


  • I, robot - and gardener: MIT droids tend plants


  • Cattle respond to magnetic fields from power lines


  • New for cows: A vaccine for E. coli


  • Obama plan could cost Minnesota farms millions by Mark Steil, Minnesota Public Radio February 27, 20


  • Milk prices slashed in half for Minnesota farmers


  • Farm Bill 101: A quick and easy guide to understanding the Farm Bill


  • Ag census shows number of Minn. farms holds stable


  • Agriculture - Obama vs McCain


  • Iowa agriculture secretary discusses a trying year


  • Farmers embrace genetically modified beets


  • Hot, Dry Weather Worries Michigan Vegetable Farmers Michigan


  • A Minnesota farmer checks his fields


  • Food safety worries change buying habits


  • Durbin, Harkin Will Examine CFTC Resources, Authority


  • Cutting Out the Middlemen, Shoppers Buy Slices of Farms


  • Bee Swarms in New Jersey Spur Hope of Rebound From U.S. Die-Off


  • Record corn prices mean more expensive meat, dairy


  • Overlooked in the global food crisis: A problem with dirt


  • Farmers brace for their own economic bubble


  • Bush renews call for Congress to lower payments to wealthy farmers


  • Food is becoming the world’s new gold


  • Analysis: Congressional climate has become tougher for farm bill


  • Congress sends 1-week farm law extension to Bush, who has threatened veto


  • Dangerous Animal Virus on US Mainland?


  • Farmers Expected to Plant Less Corn


  • Farmers can save on crop insurance with GMO corn


  • Drought Monitor: Storm System Drops Moderate Precipitation Across Midwest


  • Florida Is Spared Crop Damage


  • Citrus Growers Shiver As Cold Lingers


  • Opportunity to maximize grass production per acre


  • Senate to debate farm subsidy cut


  • So What’s So Bad About Corn?


  • Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Thursday November 15, 2007


  • Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Tuesday October 23rd, 2007


  • Boom fades as ethanol floods the marketplace


  • Threats to Bumblebees Fly Under Radar


  • Corn Farms Prosper, but Subsidies Still Flow


  • U.S. Delays Approval of Farm Pesticide


  • Bluetongue declared an outbreak


  • Agriculture in a post-oil economy


  • China rejects pork imports from U.S., Canada


  • ‘Killer bees’ descend on New Orleans


  • Bees May Get By with Help from the Army