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Cover of the Feb. 19/26, 2010, issue of The Land

• Cover story: The legacy of Wendelin Grimm and his 'everlasting clover'

  Grimm was the farmer who developed winter-hardy alfalfa, which after his death became known as Grimm alfalfa. It helped make Carver County a premier dairy belt, and became the basis of the alfalfa used throughout Minnesota, and across wintry North America.

  February 26, 2010 5 Photos

• Back Roads: Ode to a trail

  Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail, Mankato

  February 26, 2010 3 Photos

• Heatherow Farm still going 160 years, four generations later

  They homesteaded 120 acres, not realizing that over 160 years later one of their fourth-generation descendants would own that land.

  February 26, 2010 2 Photos

• Minnesota Machinery Museum breathes life into past

  After using grant funds to make necessary improvements, the Yellow Medicine Agricultural and Transportation Museum opened Aug. 9, 1980, during the Pioneer Power Threshing Show. Under the guidance of Minnesota Historical Society Field Service Coordinator David Nystuen, the six-acre site found new life, and soon the name was changed to the Minnesota Machinery Museum.

  February 26, 2010 2 Photos

• Q&A with Corn and Soybean Digest editor Greg Lamp

  Greg Lamp, editor of Corn & Soybean Digest, offers his views on the world of agriculture.

  February 26, 2010

Nuts & Bolts

• Crop insurance enterprise units and 20/20 rule changes for 2010

  Utilizing enterprise units can result in reduced crop insurance premiums for both Crop Revenue Coverage and Revenue Assurance, or it can allow you to buy higher levels of protection.

  February 19, 2010

• State Fair and Farm Bureau Federation accepting Century Farm applications
• Show your love with Minnesota grown flowers
• Winter storm causes numerous crashes involving snowplows
• First facility to efficiently convert corncobs and bioenergy crops to cellulosic ethanol opens

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