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Written by Jonathan Eisenthal

With the prospect of sunny skies for the next few days, following two weeks of rain off and on, Minnesota farmers are getting back up to speed with harvest.

USDA estimates that, as of Sunday, 12 percent of the corn crop has been brought in. On average, farmers in Minnesota have picked 16 percent by th...


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Clarification on the Walz Executive Order on Truck Weights — Minnesota law (Sec. 169.826) allows special harvest-season permits for potatoes, sugar beets, and carrots that authorize loads up to 10% above normal weight limits. Th...


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Reading Time: 2 minutes MCGA encourages additional state and federal actions in response to high fuel prices

Yesterday, Governor Walz issued an executive order allowing trucks hauling certai...


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Written by Jonathan Eisenthal

The numbers are in, and in its 40th year, Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom (MAITC) is reaching more students and teachers than ever before.

Program impact is up 7%, with an unduplicated student impact number of 169,553 students, which is almost 18% of the estimated 951,734 students in Minnesota,...


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Written by Jonathan Eisenthal

“People, Planet, Profit,” is an-often used phrase by farmer-leaders at Minnesota Corn, one that Todd Wentzel likes to use the phrase to frame the priorities for American farmers. First, to provide the food, fiber and fuel that people need and want, but to do so within the bounds of the earth’s capacity for resi...


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