ST. CHARLES, Minn. — A divide between keeping traditional farmland and increasing renewable energy production exists in rural southern Minnesota. For one fifth-generation farm family, cashing in on ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen admitted he got a little choked up watching Farm Aid finally come to his home state. The one-day fundraising festival was held on Sept.

Chloe is a digital producer at CBS Minnesota in Minneapolis and has worked in numerous positions at the station, including Assignment Editor, Digital Line Producer and Web Producer. She started her ...

Recognizing the need for an event that connected all the links in the farm-to-table supply chain, Minnesota Farm Bureau created the first agricultural celebration gala in their state. The purpose of ...

On Monday, the farm bill — that massive federal law that doles out dollars for everything from apple research to zucchini stands at farmers markets — officially expired, at least on paper. Judging by ...

Sonja Trom Eayrs, a Twin Cities attorney, grew up on a farm outside Blooming Prairie, Minn. A decade ago, Eayrs started waging a litigation campaign in Dodge County to compel local governments to ...

Jim Molenaar, farmland access and succession teams coordinator for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, has a line he likes to use when farmers ask him what's the right age to start planning for ...

MEDINA, Minn. — Many Minnesota farmers are getting ready for planting season. And in Medina, farmer Marcus Carpenter is also looking to grow crops inside. "I'm a fourth-generation farm kid. We had 180 ...

ST. PAUL - Minnesota's farm income plunged in 2013 after breaking records the year before, due partly to much lower corn prices, a report out Thursday said. Net income last year was $41,899 for the ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The Land of 10,000 Lakes will be home to the country’s most well-known benefit concert — Farm Aid, a nonprofit that helps support farmers in need — this fall. Farm Aid will celebrate its ...

The social enterprise Route 1 is going to operate a farm in a refurbished shipping container to offer healthy food options for local community members. Marcus Carpenter, the founder of Route 1, stands ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A raucous cheer ripped through the crowd at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz bounded onto the stage just before midnight Saturday to introduce Willie ...