Boy, it’s been a whirlwind of the past few months. From personal matters to political developments, time has flown by. One issue that has been weighing on my mind is the lack of participation in local ...

There isn’t much about agriculture that is the way it was 20 years ago. Farmers have long been known as innovators, and much like the technologies we use for communication, agricultural changes seem ...

A bright red barn set against a background of green fields and bright blue skies can be a picturesque image of farming. As time passes and usage changes, however, property owners in agricultural areas ...

As many Minnesota dairy farms have been forced to sell out in recent years, the Boehlke farm, just outside of Waverly, has managed to survive through some rough and seemingly unlucky circumstances.

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My father-in-law, Leon Horstmann, bought the mailman's old horse when the horse could no longer do the job. But every time he hooked the horse up to the wagon to go to town or take the kids to school, ...

So, they decided to operate the crop portion, but this lasted only as long as Harlan took visiting town to see the price tags on necessary implements. “Harlan came home and said ‘We’re done farming,’” ...