At an early age, my mom taught me to recognize the signature sounds of common birds – a robin, a blue jay, a chickadee, a phoebe. It could have been ...

Danika Quick is now Danika Grieger, following her marriage to Ryan Grieger on Saturday, June 13. “It was a cloudy, windy day, but it was a great day!” Grieger said. After the big day, it was back to ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is helping more people get into farming through a new round of our Down Payment Assistance Grant program.

Melissa Wilson is many things: a soil scientist and water quality specialist, a UMN professor, an educator and a mentor. But her real expertise is in manure.

This year could be termed the “Super Bowl of Candidate Forums” at Farmfest, with four candidate forums scheduled during the event on Aug. 4, 5 and 6 at the Gillfillan ...

The apple maggot (Rhagoletis pomonella) is the most important insect pest to Minnesota grown apples and typically starts to become active in July. Heavily infested apples are distorted, inedible and ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has added five counties to a deer feeding and attractant ban to reduce the risk of chronic wasting disease spread, following detections of CWD ...

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which has been in place since July 1, 2020, is currently under a six-year review.

What began in a college apartment with a tabletop roaster and the initial seedlings of a great idea has grown into a ...