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• Corn crop harvest increased by warm weather
  Warm September weather helped increase the size of the Minnesota corn crop and the U.S. Agriculture Department says state farmers should harvest more than 1.2 billion bushels.October 9, 2009
• USDA predicts record corn, soybean harvest
  A record corn and soybean harvest will do little to help farmers already struggling with low prices and high production costs, a farm economist said Friday after the latest crop projections were released.October 9, 2009
• Obama to sign bill to help U.S. dairy farmers
  President Obama is expected to sign an agriculture appropriations bill which includes help for hard pressed dairy farmers.October 8, 2009
• USDA designates 12 counties as disaster areas
  The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 12 counties in northern and northwestern Minnesota as agricultural disaster areas.October 8, 2009
• Walz, colleagues seek help for pork producers
  Minnesota Congressman Tim Walz is asking the U.S. Agriculture Department for emergency help for the nation's pork producers.October 7, 2009
• Experts call for stronger E. coli prevention
  Amid heightened concern about E. coli contamination in the nation's beef supply, food safety experts are calling for stronger measures at processing facilities.October 6, 2009
• Memorial for Borlaug to be held in Texas today
  Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack are to speak at a memorial for Nobel Peace Prize winning agricultural scientist and University of Minnesota alumnus Norman Borlaug.October 6, 2009
• Ag Sec. Tom Vilsack wants mandatory recalls on tainted food
  U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the Obama administration is working to improve food safety.October 5, 2009
• Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaking at U of M
  Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, will present a lecture at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and College of Continuing Education, Monday, Oct. 5.October 5, 2009
• Congress announces $350 million dairy aid package
  Amid a crisis of low milk prices and mounting losses in dairy country, lawmakers in Congress have agreed to a $350 million emergency aid package aimed at helping struggling milk farmers.September 30, 2009
• Dairy fined $10K after burst manure pipe contaminates swimming area
  A Pipestone County dairy has been fined $10,000 this week, after a sewage overflow in May spilled 252,000 gallons of manure-contaminated waste into a nearby swimming area.September 29, 2009
• University of Minnesota releases new wheat variety
  The University of Minnesota is releasing a new wheat variety named Sabin.September 29, 2009
• USDA says Minn. soybean harvest behind pace
  The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Minnesota's soybean harvest is behind the normal pace for late September.September 28, 2009
• Cool summer means fewer pumpkins
  One central Minnesota grower says his pumpkin harvest will be down about 30 percent compared with last year's bumper crop.September 24, 2009
• Biotech beets ruling could impact Red River Valley
  A decision by a federal judge to overturn federal approval of a variety of genetically engineered sugar beets could have a big impact on the Red River Valley, where most farmers currently plant that variety.September 23, 2009

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