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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Don’t Let Boundaries Make Your Community Small
One of the great lessons learned by living in a town of fewer than 250 residents is that our community is generally a lot bigger than out-of-town folks realize. City friends often ask me if Frost has a school or … Continue reading
Speaker: Come Together
How can farmers and businesses avoid competing against each other? Where agriculture and rural development converge is where there can be success. That’s the message John Monson, vice president of the Rural Capital Network of AgStar Financial Services, shared Tuesday … Continue reading
Crop farming, diverse economy helped hold Minnesota’s ’09 jobless rate down
What states come to mind when you think corn, wheat and soybeans? Any list probably would include the Dakotas, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. It so happens that those five states also reported the nation’s lowest unemployment rates at the end … Continue reading
Farm to School Efforts Double in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn – March 9 – The number of Minnesota school districts purchasing fresh food from local farms has more than doubled in the last 15 months, according to a survey released today by the Minnesota School Nutrition Association (MSNA) … Continue reading
Minn. DNR closing trails to vehicles in 4 forests
St. Paul, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is temporarily closing trails in several state forests to off-highway vehicle travel because of wet and sloppy conditions. The agency says the early spring break-up and unseasonably warm weather … Continue reading
Living history on a Minnesota farm
When Minnesota was a new state, thousands of immigrants claimed a piece of the landscape and tried to eke out a living. The wild land and harsh climate defeated many, but others prospered through hard work and a bit of … Continue reading
U.S. Plans Spot Tests of Organic Products
The Department of Agriculture said on Friday that it would begin enforcing rules requiring the spot testing of organically grown foods for traces of pesticides, after an auditor exposed major gaps in federal oversight of the organic food industry. Spot … Continue reading
Wet grain causing storage, mold concerns for farmers
The wet conditions of the 2009 corn harvest presented challenges for farmers and those difficulties still have not come to an end. "Because the harvest was so unique last fall, we were doing things that we hadn’t done in a … Continue reading
How can you deal with last year’s untilled corn fields now?
Late planting, cool summer temperatures, and a wet October caused the 2009 harvest to go down in history as one of the latest on record. As a result, many fields were not tilled last fall. University of Illinois Extension agronomist … Continue reading
Beekeeping no longer illegal in New York City
Big Apple beekeepers are all a buzz with joy after the New York City’s Board of Health voted Tuesday reversed a long-standing ban on tending to honeybees. Health officials had previously banned beekeeping because honeybees were considered just as dangerous … Continue reading
