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Policy

Minnesota proposes upping fertilizer fee despite huge budget surplus

Minnesota Department of Ag staff said the fee increase will go into a fund dedicated to inspecting and permitting fertilizer storage sites.

February 06, 2023 05:30 AM

By Jeff Beach

A white-haired, balding in glasses, stands next to a large drone that is equipped to spray or seed crops.

Business

Volitant Technologies of Nebraska sells drones to spray and seed ‘full-field’

Commercial farmers in Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Minnesota start using drones for spraying, seeding.

Lifestyle

Peter Maurin's 'Green Revolution' is a longstanding reality for some Midwesterners

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Minnesota

Minnesota veterinarian continues push to pass a veterinary technician licensure bill

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North Dakota

'We can do it': Sens. Hoeven, Cramer and Gov. Burgum optimistic Fufeng gap can be filled
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Business

AgweekTV Full Show: Corporate farming legislation, WOTUS, Agweek Livestock Tour, Volitant Technology drones
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Weather

Bitter cold retreats from northern Plains as dry winter continues for the region
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Business

The next generation takes over TNT Simmental Ranch
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Markets

Next week's USDA report and South America weather expected to influence markets

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Business

The next generation takes over TNT Simmental Ranch

February 04, 2023 05:27 AM

By Emily Beal

North Dakota

'We can do it': Sens. Hoeven, Cramer and Gov. Burgum optimistic Fufeng gap can be filled

February 04, 2023 11:30 AM

By Korrie Wenzel

Business

The love story of the rancher and veterinarian at Dakota Winds Ranch

January 31, 2023 05:30 AM

By Mikkel Pates

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Business

South Dakota Public Utilities Commission issues cease-and-desist against Banghart Properties

February 01, 2023 08:18 AM

By Mikkel Pates

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Weather

Very cold weather could linger for weeks in the northern U.S.

StormTRACKER meteorologist John Wheeler says frigid weather will persist for several weeks in the north, with little snow in the Dakotas and Minnesota. Meanwhile, the south could be in for some rain.

News

Learning TV, covering ag's characters and news, and looking toward the future: Mikkel Pates' 44 years in ag

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AgweekTV Full Show: Farm bill prep, Minnesota budget, Mikkel Pates, Bobcat skid-steer history

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News

North Dakota sets 4 hearings on Summit Carbon pipeline

February 02, 2023 09:44 AM

By Jeff Beach

News

Cow numbers continue to drop across the U.S.

February 01, 2023 05:30 AM

By Michael Johnson

Sugarbeet

North Dakota sugarbeet farmer who died in November crash honored at national grower meeting

January 31, 2023 04:14 PM

By Ann Bailey

Crops

Drought threatens U.S. wheat production despite acreage bump

But even with the added acres, a multi-year drought that has gripped the key Plains wheat belt puts harvest prospects in doubt.

Grains finish higher, despite quenching rains in South America and southern Plains

Will farmers catch the goodness of rye as a cover crop?

Argentina soy sales lag previous year at 80.6% of harvest

Livestock

North Dakota debate paints corporations as good or bad for animal agriculture
Maddock Ranch has a history of success with regenerative grazing and putting marginal land into prairie grass
Calves are already coming at Jacobson Red Angus

Lifestyle

A man with hand to head depicting stress.

Prairie Fare: Cope with stressors to protect your physical and mental health

Unmanaged stress can contribute to physical and mental health problems.

Lovina and family enjoy another Christmas gathering

Increase in single-person households promotes food preparation changes

Lovina and family celebrate a late Christmas

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Agribusiness

Gevo, maker of biofuel for jets, adding South Dakota plant to Summit Carbon pipeline

Gevo will be making sustainable aviation fuel in Lake Preston, South Dakota. Summit Carbon Solutions plans to capture carbon emissions from the facility.

Minnesota brothers Louis and Cyril Keller revolutionized the ag equipment world with the Bobcat skid-steer

High egg prices put the spotlight on Rochester-area hobby flocks, small farms

Russia situation likely to continue to upend fertilizer markets

Markets

U.S. needs to build or maintain all crop acres to increase stocks
Why are the U.S. and Canada fighting over dairy?
Some South American rain mixes up the markets

Policy

For Sen. Torrey Westrom, being a 'Friend of Ag' is a reflection of his dairy farm upbringing

Minnesota Corn Growers Assocation presented Minnesota state Sen. Torrey Westrom with the Friend of Ag Award.

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U.S. Energy Department to allocate $118 million to biofuels projects

Navigator withdraws Illinois carbon pipeline application but plans to refile

North Dakota bill aims to loosen corporate farm restrictions and boost animal agriculture

Opinion

Columns

Three ag-related jokes you might enjoy

February 03, 2023 05:30 AM

By Jonathan Knutson

Opinion

Forum Editorial: Agweek’s Mikkel Pates, whose byline is a brand name in agricultural journalism, is retiring

January 31, 2023 07:07 AM

By Forum Editorial Board

Columns

Mom and Dad had it hard, but they lived life to the fullest

January 31, 2023 05:30 AM

By Mychal Wilmes

Opinion

Mikkel Pates thanks Agweek readers, viewers and coworkers while looking back on 44 years in ag journalism

January 31, 2023 05:30 AM

By Mikkel Pates

Technology

The high-tech stars of John Deere's Intelligent Solutions Group
Farm Bureau, Deere & Co sign MOU ensuring farmers' 'right to repair' equipment
Green Plains looks at the future of adding value to corn through more than ethanol

Soil Health

'Giant peninsula' in lake shows effects of drainage, but tile can be helpful, too

Administrator for Soil and Water Conservation District in Minnesota's Grant County says farmers need to think about entire watershed.

Award-winning farmer's passion switches from dairy to regenerative ag

Billions of tons of northern Plains topsoil has blown away -- far away

DIRT workshop stresses how soil management is as unique as each farmer

Sugarbeet

A woman in a pink sweater and black dress stands behind a speaker's podium as a a man in a gray coat seated at a table listens.

Sugarbeet

Cutting out sugar isn't a sweet deal for weight loss, American Sugarbeet Growers Association speaker says

January 30, 2023 04:21 PM

By Ann Bailey

Men and women stand behind an image of a check for $200,000.

Sugarbeet

Vaderstad gifts $200,000 to sister cities Wahpeton, North Dakota, and Breckenridge, Minnesota

January 19, 2023 10:27 AM

By Staff reports

An old man in a red Minnesota Twins cap leans onto the counter at a restaurant. He is smirking at the camera.

Sugarbeet

105-year-old Oslo, Minnesota, farmer Earl Mallinger has died

January 12, 2023 12:13 PM

By Ann Bailey

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Policy

Lula's fuel tax U-turn likely to hit sugar, ethanol industry

January 04, 2023 10:40 AM

By Roberto Samora and Marcelo Teixeira / Reuters

Soybeans

U.S. reduces corn, soybean harvest views
With dicamba complaints down, Minnesota sticks to same application rules for 2023
January marks the return of MN AG EXPO

Corn

U.S. officials raise 'grave concerns' over Mexico's agricultural biotech policy
Green Plains' Innovation Centers make the most of each corn kernel
Red Pine Distillery rolls out the barrel for North Dakota Corn Growers Association members

Wheat

The search for better bread: Baking methods and wheat breeding may hold key for wheat industry
How hybrid wheat could lead to more food without GMO fears
Hybrid wheat hitting U.S. fields as war, climate threaten global food supplies

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