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We are having a break from the heat this week. The mornings are so nice and cool.

Hmmm ... now what excuse should I use that my garden is still full of weeds? Last week was just too hot to work in it. We do have to get to it this week, though. The recent storm took a few big branches from the big maple tree at sister Verena's house. It left the tree branches ...

Our county fair ended on a Saturday. Sunday, as we were unloading and cleaning our camper, my older daughter looked up in surprise.

"She already misses me!" she exclaimed.

The she in question was the yearling breeding heifer who had come home from the fair with us the night before. Texas, a Simmental-cross heifer that has a white blaze on her...

As the summer heat continues to swelter, livestock producers should be keeping a close eye on their livestock’s water, as it could be festering with toxins. One potential toxin producers should be very vigilant about is cyanobacteria.

Miranda Meehan, North Dakota State University Extension livestock environmental stewardship specialist, said hot, dry conditio...

Minnesota farmers have until Aug. 11 to apply for a new state grant that reimburses up to 75% of the cost of electric farm equipment, from tractors to feed pushers to irrigation pumps.

The Electric Farm Equipment Grant, administered by the Minne...

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — If it seems that poultry has not been making headlines lately, it’s probably a good thing.

After about four years of fighting back against disease, producers on the roughly 600 turkey farms in Minnesota are feeling relief under the currently quiet part of the season. That’s after getting through another spring migration period, a time when...