http://www.thelandonline.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:19:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_240105916.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_240105916.html “You don’t have to be a farmer, but you do have to have the good old-fashioned values of America’s heartland,” said Jerry Miller, explaining the screening process for becoming a member of FarmersOnly.com, his venture into the world of rural romance. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:17:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_240104815.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_240104815.html About the only problem with blender pumps is the Environmental Protection Agency, according to the Minnesota Corn Growers Association’s Tim Gerlach. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:16:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_240104405.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_240104405.html “For career development in agriculture, FFA is just an outstanding experience.” Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:15:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_240104100.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_240104100.html “In this age of high-cost production agriculture, it’s pretty obvious that doing things by the calendar isn’t the answer for aphid management." Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:14:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_240103553.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_240103553.html Grow energy in your farm pond? Maybe that won’t happen in Minnesota farm ponds but growing algae for ethanol could be one of the new feedstocks for the ever-growing renewable energy industry. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:18:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_227103943.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_227103943.html Every farm family has a history. Some are longer than others; all are to be proud of. The stories presented here tell of four families who have weathered the good and the bad. Most of all, they have survived. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:16:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_226173521.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_226173521.html Thanks to a summer season devoid so far of stifling hot and humid weather, cows have done well at Stone Dairy. They milk three times per 24-hour period and in early August the herd was still averaging 76 pounds of milk per cow per day. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:31:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_214153022.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_214153022.html When you’re cranking through a few hundred acres of crops each spring, being able to plant one of those crops ahead of corn and soybeans stretches out the efficiency of both your machinery and your time. For Mike Macik of Hector, vegetable crops have been part of his annual crop plan every year since he started farming in 1979. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:25:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_214152632.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_214152632.html “We’re sitting in what I would almost call the garden zone of the Midwest right now,” said Birds Eye Food's Aaron Skogen, referring to the mostly good to excellent condition of Minnesota’s pea and sweet corn crops in early July. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:22:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_214152341.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_214152341.html It’s a few miles down the road, but eventually Minnesota wind turbines could also be producing hydrogen fuel to power your automobile. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:30:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_214144138.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_214144138.html For more than a decade, farmers’ experience with Roundup Ready soybeans has been extremely positive, including excellent weed control and increased profits. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:18:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_206114653.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_206114653.html With Washington summer heat just beginning and flooded fields continuing to harass many Midwest farming areas, a June visit with two American Farm Bureau Federation economists in their Washington office generated interesting observations. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:16:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_206114138.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_206114138.html Catching a few moments with a 400-cow dairy farmer who also irrigates is about like squeezing your way into the FSA office without an appointment. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:24:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_184132456.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_184132456.html Nestled in a heavily wooded area just outside New London, the country home of Graden and Becky West is virtually 100 percent energy efficient thanks to a rotating solar panel that follows the sun. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:23:00 +0000 http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_184132314.html http://www.thelandonline.com/l_mindsDH/local_story_184132314.html “(Solar, wind and geothermal) are the only real renewables out there, and as petroleum energy sources continue to ratchet upwards, these three energy sources are generating a whole new audience of interest.”