http://www.the-land.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:30:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_340102828.html http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_340102828.html Frontier Crop Testing, started in March, is testing experimental hybrids for various American seed companies, plus production testing on new inbred lines for these same companies. As expected, there are winners and there are losers. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:28:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_340101024.html http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_340101024.html When corn breeder Dale Sorensen opened a session with Gold Country Seed marketers he first asked, “Are we the luckiest people in the history of agriculture?” Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:27:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_340100326.html http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_340100326.html Even though feed costs are down from record highs this summer, it’s important for livestock and dairy producers to keep reviewing their strategies for winter feeding. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:26:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_340100021.html http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_340100021.html How does one evaluate nitrogen needs for the greatest economic return? A handy, simple and convenient tool to help Minnesota corn growers arrive at the optimum nitrogen rate is the “Corn N Rate Calculator.” Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:26:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_340095553.html http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_340095553.html “Why should they take my money and tell me they know how to spend it better than I do? That’s like calling me stupid. That smacks of socialism and I don’t like it,” said Halstad wheat grower Jerry Bitker. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:23:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_328192308.html http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_328192308.html In view of escalating production costs, what is Sibley County farmer Bruce Lilienthal's strategy on how to make money on his 2009 corn and soybeans? “I’ll let you know after harvest next fall,” he said. “Hindsight is so much better.” Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:21:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_331111134.html http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_331111134.html "...Our bank lending policies are working good and this sub-prime issue is not a factor out here. However, the way production costs are spiraling upwards, 2009 looks like it could be a dicey year for farm profitability.” Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:18:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_331113631.html http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_331113631.html Starting in March 1999, the 45-million gallon POET biorefining facility near Albert Lea markets coast-to-coast plus overseas shipments of its dried distillers grain feedstocks. “It’s all about opportunities, and logistics,” said Rick Mummert, general manager, explaining that tight margins are making ethanol markets competitive. Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:22:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_312102723.html http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_312102723.html As about 140 acres of corn were being harvested on the Lonnie and Ryan Fosso farm Oct. 15 in Kandiyohi County, you could sense the excitement of onlookers who were seeing for the first time the simultaneous harvest of corn and corncobs by two different machines. Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:20:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_312095659.html http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_312095659.html When contacted the evening of Oct. 27, Otter Tail County dairy producer Bruce Stone said they had just wrapped up their 2008 harvest that afternoon; high-moisture corn (about 33 percent) was ground and stored in one of their bunker silos. Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:19:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_312095403.html http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_312095403.html Despite issues in the cattle industry, there was no slowdown in the Minnesota Youth Beef Experience program. In fact, the Minnesota Beef Expo bills it as the largest youth-oriented beef industry event in the Midwest. Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:18:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_312095014.html http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_312095014.html “If you’re in the commercial business and want to get the best of two or three breeds together, there seems to be a place for crossbreeding.” Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:17:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_312094711.html http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_312094711.html The 2008 Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association and Minnesota State Cattlewomen’s Association Annual Convention and Trade Show is going country. Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:15:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_311172145.html http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_311172145.html With Paul in his wheel chair and his oxygen tank unit also on wheels, we slowly crossed into Mexico. The officials didn’t ask where we were going, and why. Perhaps showing up in a wheel chair was all they needed to know. Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:18:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_297171655.html http://www.the-land.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_297171655.html After 15 years, Gary Hotovec is shutting down this facility, one of the few remaining livestock sale barns still in existence in Minnesota.