The Thalmann family of Plato was recently named the 2017 McLeod County Farm Family of the Year by the University of Minnesota. Thalmann Seeds has been a family farm since 1877. For the first 90 years, ...

A bright red barn set against a background of green fields and bright blue skies can be a picturesque image of farming. As time passes and usage changes, however, property owners in agricultural areas ...

Up until 1992, the Seefeldts harvested bundles of shocked grain with a threshing machine. The McCormick Deering thresher still sits on the farm alongside John Deere A and B tractors. "It probably ...

Extreme weather, including drought, floods, and severe storms, can affect crops. The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) promotes the economic stability of agriculture through a system of crop ...

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A merger of four co-ops, including Mid America Dairymen (Mid-Am) in Winsted has created Dairy Farmers of America. According to Steve Otto, Mid-Am board member, the merger was finalized on Jan. 1. The ...

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 ...

Historic country schoolhouses from Wright, McLeod and Carver counties are featured in a recently released book from Minnesota Historical Society Press, “Schoolhouses of Minnesota.” The book includes ...

My father-in-law, Leon Horstmann, bought the mailman's old horse when the horse could no longer do the job. But every time he hooked the horse up to the wagon to go to town or take the kids to school, ...

In early March, an outbreak of the equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) in Minnesota had horse-owners on high alert, especially those who owned barrel or game horses and had been to a recent event. A total of ...