Minnesota Farmers

As Thom Peterson gets rolling as Governor Tim Walz' Commissioner of Agriculture, there are a number of hurdles facing Minnesota farmers.

Minnesota farmers are suffering with continuing rock bottom prices for their commodities, driving some into bankruptcy.

Minnesota farmers are still expected to harvest more corn than last year, but not quite as much as the government forecast a month ago.

Another dry summer caused a local farmer to hold an information session showcasing the need for irrigating Minnesota crops.

The University of Minnesota is getting about $103,000 in federal money to help educate farmers and ranchers about the new farm bill.

The mostly dry weather of the past week has allowed Minnesota farmers to come close to finally finishing planting several key crops. In its weekly crop weather report for Minnesota, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday that six days were rated suitable for fieldwork last week, the highest …

Several days of dry weather amid the soggy spring has allowed Minnesota farmers to make significant progress in planting their crops. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports Monday there were 4.7 days suitable for fieldwork last week. That's the highest number so far this year.

This could be a critical week for Minnesota farmers, who are running late with spring planting due to soggy fields but have a chance to catch up thanks to good weather forecast for the next few days.

Planting progress remains minimal as Minnesota farmers struggle with a soggy spring. In its weekly crop weather report for Minnesota, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday that spring wheat planting inched forward to 3 percent by Sunday. That compares with 96 percent last year at this time,…

Minnesota set record highs for corn and soybean production in 2010. New figures released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wednesday say Minnesota farmers grew an estimated 1.29 billion bushels of corn, up 4 percent from last year's record.