agriculture

Virtually all farmers have signed up for the Farm Bill because it does provide some protection from low prices. If corn and bean prices and yields are low enough, farmers would earn a payment through the Farm Bill. There was some flexibility in the Farm Bill depending on where you thought prices might go...

When I am drying corn, every four or five hours I catch a sample from the dryer and check the moisture. Number 2 yellow corn can be up to 15.5 percent moisture. Higher than that and the price will be docked, and lower than 15.5 percent you have additional drying costs that are incurred...

Roger and Rhonda Toquam, the boys and Orlo hosted the annual soybean harvest broadcast at their farm by Claremont. Special thanks go to the Toquams, along with Troy from Cashwise in Owatonna, for bringing the great lunch! It was a busy time for Roger and the boys as they were loading pigs at 11:30, stopped a few minutes for lunch and then started combining beans...

Over the weekend I received a letter from Doug Peterson, president of the Minnesota Farmers Union. Peterson was announcing his intention to retire at the end of 2016. "It has been a hard decision knowing my deep respect and love for the organization and its members. I h...

Today, September 30, 2016, I will close out my 21st year at KDHL. It was the first Monday in October 1995 that I began my career as a farm broadcaster. It does not seem like that long until I go to some event and realize how many people I have gotten to know...

Liz Kramer takes us into the Rice County Historical Society’s Harvest Hall, which houses a 1916 steam engine and threshing machine. These big machines helped revolutionize farming and led the way for today’s tractors and combines. New episodes featuring Rice and Steele county history are posted to the KRFO-AM YouTube channel and krforadio...

Tuesday Tom Hoverstad, who is a scientist at the Southern Research and Outreach Center at Waseca, was a guest on AM Minnesota. We were talking about the growing and the approaching harvest. Tom made the comment that the Experiment Station was only 1...

If the weather cooperates, very soon you will see combines in many fields. In fact Monday afternoon I did see one farmer combining soybeans. The farmer just did the end of one field and quit so I suspect the beans were not quite ready yet...

Dodge County residents are invited to a public meeting in regards to the discovery of the emerald ash borer in the county. The meeting will take place on Monday, October 3, at the Kasson-Mantorville Elementary School in Kasson. The meeting will run from 6:30-8PM...

The Southern Research and Outreach Center in Waseca will be hosting an open house Thursday afternoon from 4-8PM rain or shine. It has been a couple of years since SROC in Waseca has held an open house. The theme of the open house is Agriculture for the 21st Century...