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Tighter margins, but ethanol plants making it work

Despite the price of corn, the nay-sayers rumblings about using corn for fuel, the headlines about world food price concerns, even rumors of shut downs of ethanol plants, despite all the chatter the renewable fuels industry continues to grow across America.....more>>

Farm Programs: Farm bill is passed; now the real questions start to come
The “Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008,” which is more commonly known as the new farm bill, is now law. Here are some some common questions about it.
Farm Programs: For over 20 years CRP has helped soil, water, wildlife
The Conservation Reserve Program was originally established in the 1985 farm bill, and today has over 400,000 landowners participating, most of who are farmers and ranchers, and involves nearly 35 million acres under some type of CRP contract.
USDA Rural Development funds available for disaster relief efforts
Funding is available to individuals and organizations recently hit by natural disasters in several states in the Midwest, including areas of southeastern Minnesota impacted by recent flooding.
Is Minnesota's dairy industry on the rebound?
“We’re hopeful that it should remain a good year for the Minnesota dairy farmer, and it will if milk prices stay where they are right now and feed costs don’t suddenly start surging due to some unpredictable weather happenings."
Changing times for Minnesota dairy industry
Farm business management instructors get to look at the agricultural industry from a strict look at the numbers, removing the emotion that tints an individual producer’s view. Riverland Community College's Tom Anderson offered his views on Minnesota's dairy industry.
Robotics makes dairy operation a little easier
Fifteen months and so far it’s working OK. That’s how McLeod County dairy farmer Del Benjamin, describes his DeLaval Voluntary Milking System robotic unit.

• Cover story: Couple follows sun to energy efficiency
• Truly renewable energies warm up in Minnesota
• Tighter margins, but ethanol plants making it work
• Fungi to the rescue
• Commentary: Energy — Why ownership matters

• Truly renewable energies warm up in Minnesota
• Land Minds: A burning desire for recycling
• Letter: Organic farming helps rural Minnesota succeed
• MPCA announces popular lead-free tackle exchange events
• Cover story: Naturalist program creating wave of volunteers

Financial Planning

• Biotech seed purchase has added insurance, savings
• Annie’s Project — farm management training for women
• Ag consultants weigh in on ’08 grain acre battle
• Drought in 2007 creates fertilizer questions for ’08
• Wealth Choices: To keep or to shred? Organizing your financial records

Precision Farming

• Robotic milking keeps family dairy farms viable
• ‘Intelligent’ programming helps units handle malfunctions
• Robotic milking lets you forget about the 5 o'clock alarm
• High-tech swine research center goes ‘online’
• GPS, auto-steer becoming standard equipment

• Tighter margins, but ethanol plants making it work
• Commentary: Energy — Why ownership matters
• Cover story: Hog producers are feeling pinch
• Industry in crisis; pork producers meet to find solutions
• Letter: Organic farming helps rural Minnesota succeed

• Cover story: Couple follows sun to energy efficiency
• Truly renewable energies warm up in Minnesota
• Tighter margins, but ethanol plants making it work
• Fungi to the rescue
• Klobuchar: Renewables ‘vital’ to economy, security

• Land Minds: A burning desire for recycling
• Farm and Food File: Sucker-punched by comments, questions, snide remarks
• Farm and Food File: Questions for a long, hot summer in the markets
• Commentary: Energy — Why ownership matters
• Land Minds: Obama or McCain — Let the race begin

• The Back Porch: Ready or not? Be open to advice from experience
• Cookbook Corner: ‘Our Daily Bread’ offers cooking wisdom, new recipes
• Ace of Spades: Don’t let berries ripen too far; that’s what birds, bugs want
• The Bookworm Sez: ‘River’ flows with waves of emotions, sentiment and beauty
• The Outdoors: Gas prices fueling high cost of fishing

• Grain Outlook: Energy market speculation eyed
• Grain Outlook: Lieberman plans to curtail speculation
• Livestock Angles: Cattle firm up, lead by futures
• Grain Angles: Futures, questions increasing
• Farm Programs: Farm bill is passed; now the real questions start to come

Ag Across America

• Column: Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
• Vintage tractor becomes chariot for flood victims
• Tainted tomatoes may come from Mexico
• Rahall warns against ethanol production as a source of energy
• High input costs force rethinking of cattle grazing strategies

• Direct and counter-cyclical payment sign-up under way in new farm bill
• USDA Rural Development funds available for disaster relief efforts
• Syngenta Seeds alerts corn growers to stress symptoms in five hybrids
• USDA delivers first action for new 2008 farm bill
• MPCA announces popular lead-free tackle exchange events

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