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Crookston, MN — The winter season is meeting in the ag world and that holds true with the University of Minnesota Extension Office, who has a number of upcoming trainings, meetings, seminars, webinars, and retreated coming up in early 2023. Heather Dufualt, Extension Educator for Norman and Polk County, previews some of the upcoming opportunities…
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Ada, MN — The 2022 Census of Agriculture is being sent out to farmers and ranchers across the United States and James Kruize, Norman and Clay County FSA Director, is encouraging area folks who receive them to fill them out. The Census of Agriculture provides the only source of uniform, comprehensive, and impartial agriculture data…
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Minnesota Lamb and Wool Convention set for Alexandria, MN The Minnesota Lamb and Wool Producers Association will host their annual convention on Friday, Dec. 9 and Saturday, Dec. 10 at the Holiday Innin Alexandria, Minnesota.On Friday, the event starts with an interactive sheep tour at Dennis Lieser’s operation, near Belgrade, where he will showcase his…
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Ada, MN — Farmers, make sure to circle January 11th on the calendar. That’s when the Norman County Ag Day returns to the Ada Events Center. Otherwise known as the Crops, Seed, and Trade Show, the plans for the Norman County Ag Day are currently being finalized, but UMN Extension Educator for Norman County Heather…
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Grand Forks, ND — Epitome Energy announced on Monday night that they will be building their $400 million soybean crush facility in Grand Forks, rather than their originally planned site in Crookston. Plans for the 42 million bushel per year soybean crush plant have been held up by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for the…
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Grand Forks, ND — The 2022-23 farm meeting season kicks off this Wednesday and Thursday with the annual Prairie Grains Conference at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks. The Prairie Grains Conference is hosted by the Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers, North Dakota Grains Growers Association, and Minnesota Barley and features research sessions, grower meetings,…
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Waukon Township, MN — This past week the Waukon Dairy, located along Highway 200 east of Gary and Twin Valley, invited R & J Broadcasting Inc for a tour of their new 10,500 head dairy facility. The dairy has been milking cows since June and was at full capacity a few months after that and…
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Hillsboro, ND — The American Crystal Sugarbeet campaign officially wrapped on Sunday, bringing in a record 12.1 million tons of excellent quality sugar beets that will now make its way to the factories for processing. Joe Hastings, General Agronomist with American Crystal Sugar, says they averaged around 26 tons an acre and a sugar content…
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Minnesota — Is cattle farming a hobby or not your main source of income? The University of Minnesota Extension is excited to host a three-part webinar series titled: Essentials for the cattle owner with a day job. Zoom meetings will be held on Thursday, November 3, 10 and 17 from 8 to 9 p.m. CST.…
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McIntosh, MN. (10/1/2022)— Landlords, Farmers, Agri-Business Professionals should make plans to attend one of the informative meetings being held across Minnesota. These free meetings are being provided by the University of Minnesota Extension. Farmland rental rates are the largest input cost the farmer has. Determining a fair farm rent agreement is a challenge in today’s…
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