Bongards’ Creameries has remained a single entity since 1908. There is a lot of area pride in that fact. However, as the metropolitan area moves west, taking over farmland, Bongards has made two major ...
Nowadays, the Diers farm is much the same, with the exception of dairying, Mark said. "It was a dairy farm until 1991, when they sold the dairy cows," he said. The homestead always carried crops, ...
For the past 33 years, Lynn Ketelsen has been a fixture on local radio stations as farm director of the Linder Farm Network. Stemming back to the network’s creation more than 30 years ago, Ketelsen ...
BUFFALO –The Wright Soil and Water Conservation District’s (Wright SWCD) Ann Lake Targeted Fertilizer Application Reduction Project has begun. Funded through a grant by the Board of Water and Soil ...
As the summer months start to wane, a familiar feeling creeps into our household: the impending return to school. For my wife, a dedicated educator, it means a flurry of pre-season preparations. For ...
4-H club members from Carver, McLeod, Meeker, and Wright counties competed at the Minnesota State Fair this year. Isaac Tesch – blue ribbon, Poultry; yellow ribbon, MN Meats. Wyatt Tesch – blue ribbon ...
The Roundup Ready gene has been adapted and can be used in many crops. Roundup Ready soybeans are being planted on a vast majority of the acres in the U.S., particularly in the Midwest. The Roundup ...
Cement stave silos have towered over the Minnesota landscape since 1905, and at one point were the most commonly-built silo type in the state. Recent trends toward bunker or flat-style storage has ...
Farming is an important part of history in Minnesota, so it makes sense that the local historical societies have a display or two showing some of that history. The Carver County Historical Society has ...