Despite the overall unseasonably cool weather throughout Minnesota, there were 4.5 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending June 23, 2019, according to USDA’s National Agricultural

Jerome Hennessy, age 56, was once the manager of the Ashby Cooperative Farmer’s Elevator in Minnesota. An elevator employee from 1988 to 2002, he became the manager in 2003.  From that point on,

U.S. President Donald Trump will be off to the G-20 summit in Japan at the end of this week. He’s scheduled to meet with China’s President Xi Jinping face-to-face for a high-stakes discussion

The pesticide industry is asking the Trump administration to exempt its chemical imports from China from the potential $300 billion in new 25 percent tariffs the president is threatening to impose

The National Biodiesel Board sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler highlighting the economic damage caused by small refinery waivers. The biodiesel and

A Farm Futures report points out that the typical weather-related challenges for farmers during each growing season is extremely dry weather. That’s not been the case this year because of rampant

A Reuters report says China has banned direct and indirect imports of pigs, wild boars, and related products from Laos after the first outbreak of the African Swine Fever virus was found in that

Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Minnesota for feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 130,000 head on June 1, 2019, according to the latest USDA, National

Minnesota egg production during May 2019 was 286 million eggs, up 4 percent from last month and up 7 percent from last year, according to the latest Chickens and Eggs report from the USDA’s

Key lawmakers in Washington, D.C., cast significant doubt on the possibility of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement getting passed through Congress yet this summer. This comes in spite of the