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• Prices of farmland still on the rise
  The price of Midwest farmland continues to surge higher at a near record pace, according to the Federal Reserve Bank, with some land being sold for $10,000 per acre or more.November 19, 2011
• Cargill heir dies in Calif.
  Cargill MacMillan Jr., the billionaire heir to an agribusiness fortune, has died in California. He was 84.November 15, 2011
• Grain traders get tied up in MF Global bankruptcy
  Fallout from the collapse of MF Global is spreading worldwide, including to grain elevators and commodity traders in Minnesota, who have had funds frozen that the grain traders say they need to stay in business.November 10, 2011
• Minnesota crop estimates show declines from 2010
  Production and yield estimates for Minnesota's major crops are showing declines from last year's record harvests.November 9, 2011
• Grain elevators operators dragged down by MF Global woes,
  Some Minnesota grain elevators have found themselves dragged by the bankruptcy of MF Global. The two are linked by grain futures contracts.November 9, 2011
• USDA downgrads Minn.'s soybean, corn crop
  Minnesota farmers saw this year's weather problems reflected in the U.S. Department of Agriculture reduced harvest estimate.November 9, 2011
• Drought will hurt crop yields
  Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Steil reports on the news in southwestern Minnesota. One of the stories he's been following is a new report out this morning from the U.S. Agriculture Department. It's the agency's latest estimate of the size of the harvest. And he has news about a town where no one, apparently, wants to run for office. He checked in with Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer.November 9, 2011
• Quick turn to dry weather helps, hurts farmland
  Much of Minnesota has gone from too wet to too dry, as spring floods have given way to fall drought. The quick turn to dry conditions this summer helped and hurt farmers.November 8, 2011
• Farm-state lawmakers push new farm subsidy
  Corn and soybean farmers are pushing for - and Congress is moving to create - a whole new subsidy that could maintain farm incomes at a nearly four-decade high should prices fall or crops be destroyed by weather.November 7, 2011
• Minnesota farmers finish corn, sunflower harvests
  In its final weekly crop-weather report for Minnesota this season, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says corn was 98 percent harvested as of Sunday.November 7, 2011
• Proposed Farm Program Cuts Affect Minnesota Farmers
  Leaders of the House and Senate agriculture committees plan to propose cuts to the country's farm subsidy programs. Those cuts could affect Minnesota, the fourth largest agricultural producing state in the nation.November 4, 2011
• Milk output in Wis., Minn. hints at positive trend
  Wisconsin's dairy industry is continuing a modest turn-around in production, and Minnesota is inching closer to its own positive reversal.October 25, 2011
• Some worried jump in farmland price could be next real estate bubble
  Home values continue to fall in Minnesota, but the value of farmland has rapidly grown, spurred by very profitable grain prices. Now, vigorous debate abounds over whether agricultural land is another real estate bubble waiting to be burst.October 24, 2011
• USDA: Sept. frost did less crop damage than first thought
  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's latest harvest estimate for Minnesota shows the September frost may not have caused as much damage as first feared.October 12, 2011
• Minn. foie gras producer challenges notion that process is cruel
  There are only a handful of farms in the country that produce foie gras, and one is located in southeastern Minnesota. Fois gras -- or fattened duck liver -- is a delicacy. It's also the source of a long-running debate over whether the treatment of the ducks can be considered cruel.October 10, 2011

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