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Letter: Comment about 'election fiasco' needs correction

In a letter to the editor, reader Barbara Finley-Shea addresses a Myron Friesen column that referred to an "election fiasco."

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Letter: Cows don't go to hardware stores — People do

Brian DeVore of the Land Stewardship Project talks about whether large dairies are helping or hurting the economy.

March 25, 2021 04:30 AM

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USDA should stop subsidizing corporate ag to give farmers a chance

USDA needs to shift their priorities and funding from corporate ag to decentralized farm and food industry that benefits independent family farmers, workers, eaters and our environment.

February 26, 2021 04:30 AM

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MnDOT apologizes for lack of communication with organic farmers

The transportation district engineer for MnDOT District 6 says programs reducing spraying near organic land aren't necessarily over for good.

October 08, 2020 04:30 AM

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Supporting cattle ranchers in North Dakota

Cattle producers have always wanted to make their living by getting a fair profit in the marketplace. For that to happen, we need a fair marketplace with multiple purchasers competing for our product without collusion or lopsided consolidated control.

August 25, 2020 04:30 AM

By Ryan Taylor

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Small Business Administration: Delivering support to America’s producers

Several SBA programs are available to farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses.

June 07, 2020 04:30 AM

By Dan Nordberg

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Ag producers should use face masks in public

Dr. Jack Billion, a retired doctor of orthopedic medicine of Sioux Falls, S.D., and retired 22 year legislator Frank Kloucek, of Scotland, S.D., who served 22 years in the South Dakota State Legislature, ask agriculture producers to stay home, but when you must go out wear face masks in all public places.

May 29, 2020 04:30 AM

By Jack Billion and Frank Kloucek

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More investigation into meat packers needed

Hog producers urge officials to look into situation.

May 01, 2020 04:30 AM

By Skip and Pamela Hein

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Letter to the Editor: GMOs versus tractors

Letter to the editor says outrage over GMOs is not comparable to old outrage over tractors.

February 11, 2020 06:30 AM

By Wayne Fisher

Opinion

A reminder of the negative impacts of farm policy

I've witnessed firsthand the effects of "community-killing agriculture," a phrase Wendell Berry coined in The Unsettling of America, published in 1977. With respect to agriculture, the 1970s was the era of "farm fencerow to fencerow," advice comi...

January 20, 2020 07:30 AM

By Dean Hulse

Opinion

Why FFA is not actually for everybody

This will likely be a controversial post for some. I share this criticism with honor, respect, deep humility and a yearning for equity. I was a state FFA officer and studied agricultural education; my story is wrapped in FFA and the rural Midwest...

June 03, 2019 04:30 AM

By Brandon Roiger

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Montana farmers and ranchers should consider using new mental health program

Are you feeling stressed? Depressed? Anxious about the future? As a Montana farmer or rancher, you have a good reason for such feelings. Farming & ranching is a high-stress occupation. Volatile markets, financial risk, unpredictable weather a...

May 27, 2019 07:30 AM

By Marvin Quinlan Jr., Forsyth, Mont.

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Restriction on biofuel hurts farmers

To the editor: The ethanol industry has great potential to improve agricultural communities in Minnesota, boosting the economy and helping our hardworking farmers provide for their families. Over the past five years, farm income has fallen by 46 ...

February 18, 2019 09:18 AM