farming

A big corn spill in Brown County, Minnesota covered the road for about 2 hours on Wednesday after an axle broke.

About two hours West of Rochester is a family farm settled before Minnesota was a state. On that farm is a 164-year-old hand pump that works like it is new.

The EPA approved dicamba over the top on soybeans but it still has to be approved for use in Minnesota by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.

Sadly, 14 people have died on Minnesota roads in the last five years due to a crash involving farm equipment, while an additional 29 suffered life-changing injuries.

Both corn and beans had a pretty good week even with the USDA June Supply Demand Report.

Organic farmers in Minnesota have been using a unique way to weed their crops. Have you ever heard of this?

Farmers who rent land and those who rent out their farmland are often in a quandary as to what a fair rental rate should be. There will be a meeting on Tuesday, November 29, at 1PM at the Steele County Community Center in Owatonna to address this question...

Be sure to call your Farm Service Agency office and get an appointment to see if you can benefit by updating your yields or base acres. The deadline to do that under the new farm bill is Feb. 27. Below is a picture of my production report from my crop insurance agent...