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UMN cattle feeder days to take place in Luverne The annual University of Minnesota Extension Cattle Feeder Days program has taken place for more than 40 years and continues to be the leading information, technology and research outlet for cattle feeders in the state of Minnesota. The program features information on production management, nutrition, efficiency and marketing. The corresponding trade show features vendors with new information, technology and products with a wide array of practical uses for the operators in the cattle feeding sector. The program is directed at cattle ...

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Women in Ag Network workshop – How to get $4 corn Were you impressed with the early summer rally in corn prices? Corn producers had a chance to sell cash corn for $4 per bushel. Price charts indicate this was producers first chance at $4 corn in five years. But was it really? How to get $4 corn is a simulation game where attendees will explore three steps towards getting $4 — or more — for their corn. 1. Price grain before harvest 2. At harvest, store grain and roll the hedge forward to spring 3. With a better spring basis, price and deliver grain The workshop was ...

Christmas trees

It is that time of the year when we are starting to look forward to putting up the Christmas tree in our homes. So, what do you think is the most popular Christmas tree to purchase for the holidays? Keep reading to find out! If you wanted to purchase a native tree to Minnesota, could you do it and if so, what is the variety? Each holiday season, there are a little over half a million real Christmas trees sold to families in Minnesota. There has been a debate for some time what is better for the environment — a real tree or a tree made from plastics? Well, we won’t get into that ...

Amaryllis plant one of true treasurers of Christmas season

There are some true treasures of the Christmas season which light up our house with color each year. They can also be raised to bloom throughout the winter months as well — Amaryllis. These are often for sale now and will disappear from the store shelves soon after Christmas has come and gone. If you have room to keep them going and have a place to put them out in your garden during the summer, you can have winter color through the whole winter. It just takes a little know how on how to do it. The instructions on a new amaryllis is quite simple. You plant it in a pot with some ...

Protecting your garden

There is a bunny rabbit that has been living in and near a community garden that I take care of in Marshall. Generally, I only know he or she is there when I just about step on it while I am weeding or planting something in the garden. I am also making the assumption that this is the same animal that must have chewed on some of the shrubs that are also planted in the garden last winter. Well, what can you say about last winter other than it seems for wild animals it is survival of the fittest. This is the time of the year to try to make sure that some of your prized plants don’t ...

Ag and Extension Briefs

What is a Fair Farm Rental Agreement? workshop Nov. 20 in Slayton “What is a Fair Farmland Rental?” is at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, at Murray County Fairgrounds 4-H Building, 3048 S. Broadway Ave., Slayton. Farm land rental rates are the largest input cost the farmer has. Determining a fair farm rent agreement is a challenge in today’s economy with current low corn and soybeans prices in 2019. An ideal agreement would satisfy both the land owner and the farmer. Audience: Landlords, farmers and agri-business professionals. Attendees will receive several informative ...