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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

As many Minnesota dairy farms have been forced to sell out in recent years, the Boehlke farm, just outside of Waverly, has managed to survive through some rough and seemingly unlucky circumstances.

I attended a two-day crop conference recently in Minneapolis, and one of the speakers discussed the agriculture outlook for 2016. His presentation was titled “Turbulent Times in Agriculture.” It was ...

Greg, Heidi, and Ron Otto have one of the top shop designs in America, according to the national magazine Successful Farming. The Ottos were featured in the November 2004 issue of the magazine for ...

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, ...

Planting crops within the right of way of a public road can be a safety hazard – and it’s against the law. Highway right of way includes driving lanes, shoulders, ditches, the clear zone, and sight ...

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 ...

Unlike 25 years ago, cows on large, modern dairies are not pastured and walking in dirt during the day. Instead, they spend the majority of their time walking and standing on concrete. Cows’ hooves ...