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Agriculture

• New for cows: A vaccine for E. coli
  A Minnesota company has won federal approval to become the first in the U.S. to market an E. coli vaccine for cattle.March 12, 2009
• Obama plan could cost Minnesota farms millions
  Thousands of Minnesota farmers will see a major portion of their income disappear if Congress passes President Obama's farm proposal.February 27, 2009
• Recalled peanuts found in school inventories
  At least 16 schools across Minnesota have found more than 2.5 tons of recalled peanuts in their inventories and are now working to destroy those items.February 10, 2009
• Milk prices slashed in half for Minnesota farmers
  Milk prices paid to farmers have fallen by half since last fall. And that means some Minnesota farmers will struggle to break even this year.February 7, 2009
• Minn. officials issue advisory for alfalfa sprouts
  The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is issuing a consumer advisory for Jack & The Green Sprouts brand alfalfa after routine testing found a package contained salmonella.February 5, 2009
• Ag census shows number of Minn. farms holds stable
  The traditional family farm is getting more scarce and large farms are producing more and more of our food. That's one of the findings of the 2007 Census of Agriculture, released today by the U.S. Agriculture Department. But the census also indicates there's still hope for smaller operations.February 4, 2009
• Iowa slaughterhouse manager faces charges
  Nearly a thousand new charges have been filed in the state's prosecution of alleged child labor violations at a northeast Iowa kosher meatpacking plant.January 27, 2009
• Peanut butter probe expands; takes on new urgency
  Federal food safety officials say 85 food companies have purchased peanut products from the Georgia facility under investigation in the latest salmonella outbreak.January 16, 2009
• Farmers feel penalized by Green Acres program
  Changes in Minnesota's Green Acres program have some farmers preparing to plow up wetlands and cut down windbreaks.January 8, 2009
• Minnesota farmer is attached to his yak
  A central Minnesota farmer has a steady niche business with yak. John Hooper of Cold Spring has the largest herd of the long-haired bovine in the eastern half of the country.December 22, 2008
• Crop report: Corn harvest nearly complete
  Minimal amounts of precipitation last week allowed Minnesota farmers to nearly complete this season's harvest.December 1, 2008
• Minnesota farms to harvest 500,000 Christmas trees
  The scent of a freshly cut Christmas tree is one of those signature holiday memories.November 22, 2008
• Turf wars: New rules coming for organic dairy herds
  A long struggle over what kind of milk can be called organic is coming to a head. The USDA is proposing new rules to that are meant to close a loophole that has allowed some huge feedlots to sell their milk as organic, even though their cows rarely grazed on fresh grass.November 18, 2008
• Farmers say relisting wolves means losses
  Minnesota farmers and ranchers are angry about a recent court ruling that put the wolf back on the endangered species list.November 6, 2008
• Illness means final harvest for family farmer
  Fall is a time for endings, as the growing season concludes and farm families gather their harvest. For one southern Minnesota farmer, illness has added an extra measure of finality to the season.October 28, 2008

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