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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

Specialty eggs, which include organic, pasture-raised and free-range, have at times been less expensive than conventional eggs as the latter faced sha

It may still be happening, depending on where you shop.

'Carbon Express' pipeline runs into skepticism in Minnesota farm country

About 120 landowners met Monday in Lamberton, in southwest Minnesota, for a community meeting to learn more about carbon pipelines proposed for the st

A massive project to store climate-harming emissions from ethanol plants hinges on landowners.

Soaring egg prices prompt demands for price-gouging probe

Cartons of eggs are on display at HarvesTime Foods on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Chicago. U.S. Sen. Jack Reed sent a letter Tuesday, Jan. 24, asking f

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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Driver in custody after hitting two teens in Bloomington

Lawmakers seek to reduce fare-dodging penalty on transit

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