REDWOOD COUNTY — Joey Goodthunder had a wide smile on his face before he climbed into a tractor and began cutting industrial hemp just west of Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel Thursday. “Now, I’m going to do what I really love to do,” he said at the Lower Sioux Industrial Hemp Campus ...

BROWN COUNTY — By a 4-1 vote Tuesday, Brown County Commissioners approved a conditional use permit for a manure composting facility in Prairieville Township. Commissioner Dave Borchert cast a dissenting vote on the application filed by James Heins of Ag Solutions, LLC of Mapleton on property ...

NEW ULM — In the cool of the morning Saturday, Brown County Fair attendees watched DockDogs at the south end of the midway and indoor 4-H and FFA swine competition. Molly Scheid of New Ulm said she and her four-year-old, female Yellow Labrador “Zoey” tried the “Let’s Try Dockdogs” ...

GILFILLAN ESTATES — A Westbrook farmer known for recruiting many soybean farmers to the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association a few years ago, compared farming these days to what it was like in the 1980s. Sitting in the Minnesota Corn Growers Association (MCGA) tent at Farmfest Tuesday, ...

GILFILLAN ESTATE — A panel of state and national agricultural leaders discussed a variety of concerns and things to be thankful for at Farmfest’s Ag Outlook forum Wednesday. Challenges include flooded cropland, low crop prices, poultry and dairy disease, hindering regulations, and labor ...

GILFILLAN ESTATES — A panel of national agricultural leaders and U.S. Sen. Tina Smith discussed the status of the new farm bill at a Farmfest forum Wednesday. The farm bill is a multiyear law that governs agricultural and food programs and provides an opportunity for policymakers to address ...