2011

September

• Nation’s food anti-terror plans costly, unwieldy

February

• USDA: Farmers can plant genetically modified beets

January

• Wis. lab: Death of 200 cows traced to bad potatoes

• NW Minn. farmer pleads guilty to lying to USDA

2010

November

• USDA reduces corn harvest forecast for Iowa, US

October

• ‘Vertical Farm’ envisions tall future for farming

• ‘Good neighbor’ corn fights borers at home, nearby

September

• Peterson Cautions Against GOP Running Farm Bill

August

• World Food Supply Severely Challenged

• Wheat futures pop as USDA cuts forecast

• USDA predicts Nebraska’s second-largest corn crop

2009

August

• Renewable fuels are region’s strength

July

• Notable guests at Farmfest

• Farm Fest Forum Events

June

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

May

• Report: Hot dry weather helps Minn. farmers plant

April

• Cow genome ‘to transform farming’

• The Growing Lust for Agricultural Lands

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

March

• Cattle respond to magnetic fields from power lines

• New for cows: A vaccine for E. coli

February

• 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

2008

October

• Agriculture - Obama vs McCain

• Iowa agriculture secretary discusses a trying year

September

• Farmers embrace genetically modified beets

• Hot, Dry Weather Worries Michigan Vegetable Farmers Michigan

July

• 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

June

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

• Record corn prices mean more expensive meat, dairy

May

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

• Farmers brace for their own economic bubble

April

• 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?

March

• Farmers Expected to Plant Less Corn

• Farmers can save on crop insurance with GMO corn

January

• Drought Monitor: Storm System Drops Moderate Precipitation Across Midwest

• Florida Is Spared Crop Damage

• Citrus Growers Shiver As Cold Lingers

2007

December

• Opportunity to maximize grass production per acre

• Senate to debate farm subsidy cut

November

• So What’s So Bad About Corn?

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

October

• 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

September

• 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

• Virus becomes new suspect in bee die-off

August

• USDA secretary issues disaster declaration for drought aid

• Politicking aplenty at 2007 Farmfest in Redwood County

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Monday July 30, 2007

July

• Bumblebees get a buzz out of British gardens

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Wednesday July 18, 2007

• Farm Bill Leaves Some Subsidies

• The Relative Impact of Corn and Energy Prices in the Grocery Aisle

June

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Friday June 22, 2007

• House Panel Votes to Extend Controversial Farm Subsidies, Signaling Battle to Come

• A Slow Demise in the Delta

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Friday June 8, 2007

May

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Wednesday May 23, 2007

• Crops Are Alive, But Bees Are Missing in Action

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Monday May 14, 2007

April

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Thursday April 26, 2007

• Destructive Mite Threatens Hawaii Bees

• Researchers link fungus to bee losses in U.S.

• Apiculture world abuzz over theory that cellphone radiation may be killing bees

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Monday April 16, 2007

• Peterson announces funding for conservation

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Tuesday April 3, 2007

March

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Monday, March 26, 2007

• Farm relief worth billions hangs in balance

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Monday March 12, 2007

February

• No. 1 Milk Company Says ‘No’ to Clones

• Implement Country of Origin Labeling! Take Action!

• Mystery Ailment Strikes Honeybees

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Monday February 5, 2007

• Wealthist Farmers May Lose Subsidy

January

• Grey Wolves Off Endangered Species List

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Monday January 29, 2007

• Harkin Argues with USDA Over CSP

• Doha breakthrough not far away

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Monday January 22, 2007

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union

2006

December

• Powerful Interests Ally to Restructure Agriculture Subsidies

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union 12/7/06

November

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union

• U.S. OK’d for Ozone-Destroying Pesticide

October

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Friday September 29, 2006

September

• Ag Secretary Links Farm Aid to Harvest

August

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Tuesday July 25, 2006

July

• Aid to Ranchers Was Diverted For Big Profits

• USDA Questions Sugar-To-Ethanol Profits

• Canada Finds 6th Case of Mad Cow Disease

June

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Friday June 16, 2006

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Monday June 5, 2006

May

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Friday May 12, 2006

April

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Wednesday April 26, 2006

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Tuesday April 18, 2006

• Mad-cow disease confirmed in Canada

March

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union

• WASHINGTON—Despite the confirmation of a third case of mad cow disease in the U.S., the American

• Mad Cow Disease Found in Alabama; Case Is Third in U.S.

• US cites test for new mad cow case

• U.S. Investigates Possible Mad Cow Case

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union Tuesday March 7th, 2006

February

• Notes from the Minnesota Farmers Union

• North Korea Requests Fertilizer Aid

• 45 Japan Cows Suspected of Having Mad Cow

• World Trade Agency Rules for U.S. in Biotech Dispute

• Biodiesel in energy spotlight

• Soybean rust continues as potential threat in Minnesota

January

• Notes from the MN Farmers Union