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Monthly Archives: June 2010
A Soy Biodiesel Success Story
Your soybean checkoff investment funded the research that developed soy biodiesel – a fuel made from soybeans that can be used in any diesel engine. And now your investment is funding marketing efforts that are moving more soy biodiesel than … Continue reading
AgStar Team at the Heart of the Storm Relief Efforts
Imagine witnessing first-hand the aftermath of an F-4 tornado. Envision the devastation 177 mile-per-hour winds would leave in their wake. Nearly 100 AgStar Financial Services employees don’t need to imagine it. They were there to help pick up the pieces. … Continue reading
America’s Organic Farmers Face Issues and Opportunities
Consumer demand for organic food rose quickly over the past decade, outpacing domestic supply. Initially, the resulting supply shortages hampered growth in the organic food sector. Still, investment in the sector expanded as more farmers developed experience working with organic … Continue reading
June is dairy month; be sure to thank a dairy farmer!
Home » The Latest June is dairy month; be sure to thank a dairy farmer! St. Paul (June 1, 2010) – June is a month to celebrate the dairy farming industry in Minnesota – dairy farmers supply us with milk, … Continue reading
Intensive farming ‘massively slowed’ global warming
Fertilisers, pesticides and hybrid high-yielding seeds saved the planet from an extra dose of global warming. That, at least, is the conclusion of a new analysis which finds that the intensification of farming through the green revolution has unjustly been … Continue reading
How Biofuels Could Starve the Poor
Summary: Thanks to high oil prices and hefty subsidies, corn-based ethanol is now all the rage in the United States. But it takes so much supply to keep ethanol production going that the price of corn — and those of … Continue reading
Hog farm hit as twisters tear through Minn.
KIMT-TV in Mason City, Iowa, reports that pigs from the 2,500-head farm were roaming around the area and a few carcasses were strewn about after the Thursday’s violent weather. The TV station said the pigs were being taken away in … Continue reading
Dehn’s Garden, a Minnesota family farm specializing in herbs and vegetables
Dehn’s Garden herbs and vegetables have been a mainstay of the Minneapolis Farmers Market and the Nicollet Mall Market for many years. The herbs are also available at a number of fine Minneapolis grocery stores. After starting out with 20 … Continue reading
Environmental Interactions with Agricultural Production: Animal Agriculture and the Environment
Animal production industries have seen substantial changes over the past several decades, the result of domestic/export market forces and technological changes. The number of large operations has increased, and animal and feed production are increasingly separated in terms of both … Continue reading
Minnesota farm families are the original environmentalists.
That’s not surprising when you consider the situation: Farmers need healthy and robust land to continue to make a living now and into the future. Farmers live where they work, so they drink the water, breathe the air and eat … Continue reading
