agriculture
Minnesota farmers meet over meatballs, talk legislation
An informal gathering billed as a "listening session" by organizers found legislative agriculture leaders seated in a Pierz machine shop, hearing directly from farmers from across the state.
For a moment, organic, cage-free and other specialty eggs beat conventional prices
It may still be happening, depending on where you shop.
'Carbon Express' pipeline runs into skepticism in Minnesota farm country
A massive project to store climate-harming emissions from ethanol plants hinges on landowners.
Soaring egg prices prompt demands for price-gouging probe
With egg prices more than doubling in the past year, calls are coming for an investigation into possible price gouging.
Meet the Minnesota psychologist who provides free help to farmers
Like many farm families he counsels, the state's longtime ag psychologist is passing the torch to the next generation.
Cargill, CHS adding Houston terminal to joint venture TEMCO for grain shipments
Minnesota agribusinesses say expansion to the Gulf of Mexico will bring more stability to grain shipping.
Egg costs peck away at budgets for consumers and businesses
While egg prices may have peaked, they likely won't fall quickly. Minnesota businesses that go through hundreds or thousands of eggs per week are still feeling the pain.
Charges: 2 Minnesota men cheated buyers out of $46M by selling grains falsely labeled as organic
The scheme ran from 2014 to 2021, according to prosecutors.
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New Cargill CEO on role in global food chain: 'Food can't be weaponized'
Brian Sikes took the helm at America's largest private company on Jan. 1, at a moment in time full of volatility and international upheaval.
Cargill's ex-CEO 'DMac' reflects: 'The next 10 years will be far more volatile'
Dave MacLennan led the agribusiness behemoth through some of its most dynamic years of change, with the last three among the wildest in the company's recent memory.
Government wants tractors back from Minnesota organic farmer accused of fraud
A judge returned a farmer's tractors in order to harvest crops last fall — even though the man stands accused of fraud. Now, his attorney says the tractors should stay on his farm.
New honeybee vaccine gets little buzz from Minnesota bee community
The USDA has approved the first-ever vaccine for honeybees. But Minnesota's beekeepers say their troubles are bigger.
Study: Topsoil 'being eroded 100 times faster than it's forming'
An eye-popping new report argues that soil erosion in the Midwest — including from samples in southwestern Minnesota — is happening at a far faster clip than previously estimated.