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• Environmentalist Lester Brown lays out his plan for saving the planet
  Lester Brown, a longtime leader in the environmental movement, discusses climate change, food security, and energy policy. He is out with a new book titled, "Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization."Midday, November 17, 2009
• Program helps struggling Minnesota farmers cope
  Minnesota farm families have a new resource to help them cope with financial challenges.November 11, 2009
• Farmers say wet fall didn't hurt size of harvest
  It looks like rainy conditions for most of the fall haven't hurt the size of the Minnesota corn and soybean harvest, but even though crops are faring well, farmers are still struggling with the effects of too much rain.November 10, 2009
• More Minnesota farmers, lenders using debt mediation
  The University of Minnesota Extension Service reports that an increasing number of farmers and lenders are using mediation to resolve farm debt issues.November 9, 2009
• Wet weather slows soybean harvest
  Wet weather conditions are making it hard for Minnesota farmers to have a good harvest this year.November 4, 2009
• Chinese officials to visit Minnesota to observe food safety efforts
  A group of government, industry and academic leaders from China will visit Minnesota this week as part of a trip designed to help them examine food safety efforts.November 4, 2009
• Organizations receive federal aid to help first-time farmers
  Two Minnesota-based organizations have received federal grants to help beginning farmers and ranchers.November 3, 2009
• Agri-Growth Council to discuss sustainability
  Leaders in Minnesota agriculture and agribusiness will make sustainability the focus of an annual meeting on Tuesday in Minneapolis.November 3, 2009
• China lifts ban on U.S. pork imports
  China has agreed to lift its ban on pork imports from the United States, according to a statement released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.October 29, 2009
• Livestock farmers have last chance to get waivers
  A voluntary program to help livestock farmers comply with environmental regulations ends next year and those who haven't made the changes yet have until the end of the week to apply for a waiver. Otherwise, the agreement commits farmers to make improvements by the end of next year.October 29, 2009
• Authorities seize cows from Stearns County farm
  Authorities in central Minnesota have seized 47 cows from a dairy farm after they found the animals were living in poor conditions.October 28, 2009
• Low milk prices have dairy farmers killing cows
  A milk glut has dairy farmers across the U.S. killing hundreds of thousands of cows to try to reduce the milk supply and boost prices.October 27, 2009
• Wet fall could slow good harvest in central Minn.
  If they can just get into the fields, central Minnesota farmers still anticipate strong corn and soybean yields for the year.October 24, 2009
• SBA disaster loans available in Minnesota
  The Small Business Administration says disaster loans are available in some eastern Minnesota counties because of the drought that began earlier this year.October 22, 2009
• Minnesota couple nurtures endangered farm animals
  Our quest to protect endangered animals can take us to some very wild places. In this case it leads to a place very tame: A small farm in Lac qui Parle County.October 10, 2009

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