AGRICULTURE
Soil and Water annual meeting is March 18
The Wadena Soil and Water Conservation District will hold its annual meeting from 7-9 p.m. on March 18 at the Verndale Community Center.March 12, 2010
Dairy Days offered in Otter Tail County
University of Minnesota Extension will sponsor this year’s Dairy Days from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, March 26 at the Otter Tail Operations Center, 469 Main St. W. in Ottertail. Coffee and registration begins at 9:30 am.March 12, 2010
SWCD cuts back as grants dry up
Employee hours are being cut to four days a week at the Wadena Soil and Water Conservation District due to a lack of grants and a cutback in government support.
March 12, 2010
Potato heart
While knocking the sprouts off of last years potatoes, Eric and Kim Roggenkamp of Bluffton discovered this heart-shaped potato which looks like it’s ready to be transplanted.
March 12, 2010
Dairy princess visits WDC preschoolers
The Wadena County Dairy Princess 2009, Kelsie Trosen, visited Wadena-Deer Creek’s 3-year-old preschool class on March 3. She brought cheese sticks for their snack and shared a story about the importance of dairy cows.
March 12, 2010
Johnson serves on Region II committee
Nolan Johnson of the Wadena-Deer Creek FFA Chapter served on the Region II FFA nominating committee to select a slate of FFA Region II officers for the 2010-11 school years.
March 12, 2010
Farm land values increase slightly 
Farm land values continued to rise last year and are once again reaching all time record levels, according to a survey I conduct annually on bare farm land sales. However, the recent increase across the fourteen Minnesota counties surveyed was only 0.8 percent.
By David Bau, University of Minnesota Extension , February 19, 2010
SWDC holding producer meeting March 4
The Wadena Soil and Water Conservation District is going to be hosting a local producer meeting on March 4 at the Wadena VFW.
February 19, 2010
Local FFAers attend Winter Rally
Members of the Wadena-Deer Creek FFA Chapter attended the Region II FFA Winter Rally held at Central Lakes College, Brainerd.
February 12, 2010
Your Letter: Seed sales to cease for me
This is an open letter to all the seed customers I have had the pleasure of selling seed corn to during the past 15-plus years.
By Harvey Primus Bluffton , February 12, 2010
Web-based calculator helps with business planning
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said USDA now has a Web-based 2008 crop program payment calculator to help producers calculate the financial benefits they may receive under the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) program. The calculator was designed by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) to give producers a tool to help them better understand and participate in this new crop disaster program.
January 29, 2010
EQIP funds available to Minnesota producers
Agricultural producers looking to solve natural resource problems on their farms should apply now for assistance through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program administered by the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service.
January 29, 2010
Your Letter: Congressman Peterson giving cash to farmers forever
As average citizens of the 7th Congressional District struggle with today’s financial mess, including home foreclosure, health care costs and job loss, Congressmen Collin Peterson focuses his attention on continued government support for the district’s financial elite, its farmers! Even with record income over the last four years, big farmers still receive annual government subsidy checks, plus an even a bigger perk, subsidized crop insurance.
By Alan Roebke, Alexandria , January 28, 2010
Pawlenty asks for agricultural disaster for 18 counties, including Wadena
Gov. Tim Pawlenty sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack requesting that an agricultural disaster be declared for Roseau, Beltrami, Pennington, Clearwater, Wilkin, Mahnomen, Becker, Pope, Hubbard, Wadena, Cass, Crow Wing, Aitkin, Itasca, St. Louis, Lake, Cook and Carlton Counties in Minnesota.
January 22, 2010
Landscaping grant likely, but Wadena loses out on two others
The city of Wadena was denied grants for trail improvements, emerald ash borer preparation and other community projects, but expects to receive money to replenish the boulevard trees along south U.S. Highway 71, according to Planning and Zoning Director Byron Larson.
January 22, 2010
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OUR VOICES Ag committee illustrates budget process
Magnus
Members of the Minnesota House agriculture finance committee looked through their budget for any place to cut.
For instance, they decided to reduce what the state
OUR VOICES Swanson: Keep ag competition
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson has submitted documents asking the federal government to keep competition strong in agri-businesses. Swanson's documents, given to the Justice and Agriculture departments, called on federal officials to look into what she called anticompetitive practices in s
Posted by: Don Davis on Mar 14, 2010 at 12:39 AM | Capitol ChatterOUR VOICES Some fear help may hurt 4-H
A state senator's bill designed to help fund a 4-H program in one county could end up hurting them statewide, a fellow senator and a county fair representative warn. Sen. Kathy Saltzman's bill to provide new ways to fund 4-H programs passed out of its first committee Monday, but not before she hear
Posted by: Don Davis on Mar 9, 2010 at 5:36 AM | Capitol ChatterOUR VOICES AURI report shows green jobs
A Crookston-based agriculture research organization's recent report showing how it helps produce green jobs, those that are environmentally friendly, could help it as it seeks funds. The Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, known as AURI, says emerging markets such as local food distributio
Posted by: Don Davis on Mar 6, 2010 at 1:12 PM | Capitol ChatterOUR VOICES Legislators cool to farm cuts
Juhnke
Farm-area legislators fear that agriculture programs are being cut more than other departments as Minnesota officials look to balancing the state budget.
And they do n
OUR VOICES Vets work with their hands, keep war out of mind
VALLEY CENTER, Calif. | When Carlos Rivera returned from fighting in Iraq and found work as an electrician, he thought co-workers who knew about his military experience were gawking at him. He went home angry each day. That's not a problem at his current job, working alongside other combat veterans
Posted by: agweekfarmer on Dec 21, 2009 at 8:13 AM | AgweekOUR VOICES Farm innovation grants available
Minnesotans with ideas to help farming can ask the state Agriculture Department for money. The department will award up to $90,000 next year for projects in areas like fruit and vegetable production, livestock production systems, conservation tillage and weed management, organic farming and alterna
Posted by: Don Davis on Sep 16, 2009 at 10:08 AM | Capitol ChatterOUR VOICES Pawlenty seeks farmer aid
Gov. Tim Pawlenty wants the federal government to provide low-interest loans to farmers in six northern Minnesota counties affected by wet weather in 2008 and 2009. Pawlenty sent a letter asking U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to declare Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Rose
Posted by: Don Davis on Sep 15, 2009 at 3:56 PM | Capitol Chatter
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