Agriculture

Despite social media commenters criticizing PBS for a political bias, recent Lakeland Currents segments included interviews with school district superintendents on their respective budgets, and a conversation on family farming succession.

The Trump administration is expected to announce an aid package for farmers affected by tariffs soon.

A lot of Minnesota farmers will be the first to feel the effects of the government shutdown that started Oct. 1.

Severe struggles are hitting soybean farmers as the harvest season gets underway. They’ve lost billions of dollars in sales already this year, and there’s no end in sight to the losses.

Minnesotans are being asked to stay alert for a fly that lays a destructive maggot capable of inflicting harm to livestock, pets, wildlife, and on rare occasion, humans.

There are “34 million able-bodied adults in our Medicaid program" that could help propel a successful farming industry in the wake of immigration raids, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said on Tuesday.

Farm Aid 40 featuring Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and more will be held in Minnesota for the first time ever.