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Cranberries

Saturday, November 14, 2020 1:05 PM

Austin had the chance to help friends with their cranberry harvest this fall.

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Food Box program drives Class III milk to $21.61

Saturday, November 14, 2020 12:56 PM

The October Federal order Class III benchmark milk price vaulted $5.18, to $21.61 per hundredweight (cwt.) this week, highest October price since 2014, with a little more to come, thanks in large part to Uncle Sam’s Farmers to Families Food Box program.

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Filling the freezers

Saturday, November 14, 2020 12:07 PM

Some of you will read this column and think, ‘How has she never done this before?’ Others will shake your head and be slightly disturbed.

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Cooking like Grandma

Saturday, November 14, 2020 11:56 AM

As the harvest season comes to an end, my husband, Duane, is always in a hurry to get all the equipment cleaned up and put away.

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NMPF: Dairy industry is facing biggest challenge of a lifetime

Saturday, November 14, 2020 11:35 AM

During its first-ever virtual annual meeting, National Milk Producers Federation Chairman Randy Mooney applauded the dairy industry’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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USDA raises 2020-21 milk production forecasts

Monday, October 26, 2020 1:40 PM

As I reported last week, the Agriculture Department has again raised its 2020 and 2021 milk production forecasts from last month’s estimate, in the World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates report (WASDE).

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Into the woods

Monday, October 26, 2020 12:57 PM

Two winters ago, Glen took me on a snowmobile ride through the Birch Lake State Forest. Despite visiting the state forest’s swimming beach on countless occasions, I had never been on the trails in the forest.

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Never alone

Monday, October 26, 2020 12:57 PM

Farmers are a fiercely independent and individualistic group of people. We brag about working for ourselves.

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Reducing cold stress on calves

Monday, October 26, 2020 12:56 PM

This past weekend, during the Minnesota youth deer hunting season, I found myself sitting in a deer stand with my three daughters pondering a few thoughts.

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Fieldstone follies

Monday, October 26, 2020 12:55 PM

Of all the tasks a farmer must perform, perhaps none is more odious than picking rocks.

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