http://www.the-land.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:18:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_227103943.html http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_227103943.html Every farm family has a history. Some are longer than others; all are to be proud of. The stories presented here tell of four families who have weathered the good and the bad. Most of all, they have survived. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:17:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_227100854.html http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_227100854.html Whether it is the tradition of eating a footlong hotdog as soon as you pass through the gates, riding the Midway rides until you are sick, or cuddling up in the Ye Olde Mill ride with your sweetie, fond memories of the Minnesota State Fair fill the hearts of people from across the state. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:16:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_226173521.html http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_226173521.html Thanks to a summer season devoid so far of stifling hot and humid weather, cows have done well at Stone Dairy. They milk three times per 24-hour period and in early August the herd was still averaging 76 pounds of milk per cow per day. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:15:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_226173824.html http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_226173824.html The battle with aphids is on at the Mischke farm and so far the good guys, not the bugs, are winning. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:14:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_226172806.html http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_226172806.html Kids' Corner and Sudoku puzzles Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:13:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_226172454.html http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_226172454.html The one-room schoolhouse’s final report cards were handed out ages ago. ... And yet Heritage Acres in Fairmont is most certainly a living, breathing place, entertaining visitors of all ages while sharing Minnesota’s agricultural history. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:31:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_214153022.html http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_214153022.html When you’re cranking through a few hundred acres of crops each spring, being able to plant one of those crops ahead of corn and soybeans stretches out the efficiency of both your machinery and your time. For Mike Macik of Hector, vegetable crops have been part of his annual crop plan every year since he started farming in 1979. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:25:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_214152632.html http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_214152632.html “We’re sitting in what I would almost call the garden zone of the Midwest right now,” said Birds Eye Food's Aaron Skogen, referring to the mostly good to excellent condition of Minnesota’s pea and sweet corn crops in early July. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:22:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_214152341.html http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_214152341.html It’s a few miles down the road, but eventually Minnesota wind turbines could also be producing hydrogen fuel to power your automobile. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:07:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_214150652.html http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_214150652.html The Land crossword: July 25-Aug. 1, 2008 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:02:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_214150140.html http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_214150140.html Kids' Corner: July 25-Aug. 1, 2008 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:58:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_214145752.html http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_214145752.html It’s time Minnesotans did something about their legislature; the 1902 legislature. That year our representatives in St. Paul made the showy pink and white lady slipper our state flower. The north country’s largest orchid may not have been the wisest choice. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:18:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_206114653.html http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_206114653.html With Washington summer heat just beginning and flooded fields continuing to harass many Midwest farming areas, a June visit with two American Farm Bureau Federation economists in their Washington office generated interesting observations. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:17:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_206114357.html http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_206114357.html While most people were enjoying the parades, picnics and fireworks that are the 4th of July, Dale Mischke was baling hay. Actually, he had been “baling for five days straight,” Mischke said, when The Land talked to him on July 6. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:16:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_206114138.html http://www.the-land.com/features/local_story_206114138.html Catching a few moments with a 400-cow dairy farmer who also irrigates is about like squeezing your way into the FSA office without an appointment.