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Minnesota ended 2023 with 146 fewer dairy farm permits than the state did at the beginning of the year. The big-ticket question is with dairy’s razor-thin financial margins, how many more dairies will exit in 2024?

During a year full of farm consolidation, Organic Valley, the largest dairy cooperative of organic farmers in the nation, added an additional 84 farms to its membership in 2023.

The availability of livestock workers was ranked as more limited than crop workers and finding long-term help seen as more difficult than temporary help due to the seasonal nature of the ag industry.

Minnesota farmers are considering ways to prevent the closure of small dairies during a sustained slump in milk prices.

A Minnesota dairy farmer frustrated by the industry’s rising financial pressures took to social media to voice his concerns in an emotional video that’s been viewed hundreds of thousands of times.

Dairy owners in Minnesota face difficulty finding workers.

Just when it looked like the trade-war pain would ease, flooding across the Midwest has done billions of dollars in damage.

The Minnesota Legislature has approved expanding a zero-interest disaster loan program for farmers, just in time for producers with buildings damaged by heavy snow this winter.

A nearly 100-year-old cattle barn at the Minnesota State Fair collapsed after heavy snow and rainfall.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says dairy barns collapsing due to heavy snowfall are threatening the state's economy.

Some Minnesota dairy farmers are being forced to dump their milk after heavy snowfall obstructed roads and damaged farms.

Lavish hunting trips, taxidermy animals, all-terrain vehicles and real estate were just a few of the purchases made with more than stolen $5.3 million from a farm cooperative by its former general manager.

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) has entered an agreement with Agropur to purchase Agropur’s St. Paul, Minnesota, dairy processing facility.

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) has entered an agreement with Agropur to purchase Agropur’s St. Paul, Minnesota, dairy processing facility.

Delleneva first started raising money when she was in fourth grade after noticing how some of her classmates could not pay for milk while at school.

The 2018 Dairy Woman of the Year is Jeannette Sheehan, Sheeknoll Farms in Rochester, Minnesota.

Inaugural Dairy Experience Forum focused on opportunities to focus on consumer values, provide them with a better dairy experience and help drive dairy demand.

Manure that moves off target can decrease productivity and increase the risk of impairing local bodies of water. This tool helps applicators in four Midwest states determine the best time to apply.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is willing to pay farmers $1,000 per acre to leave corn rows standing near highways in an effort to control blowing snow in the winter.


The calendar says April, but Old Man Winter is still making his presence known nearly four weeks after the official start of spring.

Winter manure applications in Michigan can be very beneficial for farmers and the environment if managed to reduce risk of runoff.

CannonBelles becomes a premier cheesemaker in Minnesota

Minnesota's crop, livestock and dairy farmers are suffering with continuing rock bottom prices for their commodities, driving some into bankruptcy.

Officials in three Canadian plains provinces and six northern U.S. states are launching an effort to brand the region as the potential provider of protein to the world.

The Heintz Badger Valley Farm, Caledonia, Minn., was named 2015 Producer of the year during Minnesota Milk Producer Association's annual conference last week in St. Cloud.

Kyla Mauk, a 19-year-old college student from Howard Lake, Minn., representing Wright County, was crowned the 62nd Princess Kay of the Milky Way in an evening ceremony at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds August 26.  

A 19-year-old college student from Howard Lake, Minn. has been crowned the 62nd Princess Kay of the Milky Way.

The owners of a southeastern Minnesota dairy farm have withdrawn their application to expand their operation to as many as 1,500 cows.

A jury has awarded nearly $2.5 million to Waverly, Minn. dairy farmers who say stray voltage from their power company's faulty equipment cut deeply into their production.

Milk prices have fallen by more than one-third since last fall, putting a crunch on dairy farmers after several profitable years.

Minnesota turkey farmers are boosting protective measures after a lethal strain of bird flu wiped out 15,000 birds in about a week.

But it’s still way too early to panic, says Dan Undersander, a University of Wisconsin forage specialist. Here's why.

While surrounding states continue to grow their dairy industry, Minnesota has stagnated.

A small New Prague, Minn., dairy will stop producing and selling milk just months after winning a legal fight over a high-capacity power line across its land.

But after a good year in 2014, most farmers should be prepared for leaner times.

The most frequent statement made upon entering Ruth Klossner's home is likely "holy cow!"

Officials have given the go-ahead for a roughly 8,800-head dairy operation west of Willmar in west-central Minnesota, and construction is expected to begin next spring.

Citizen board reverses staff recommendation.

A University of Minnesota student from Norwood-Young America, Minn., is the 61st Princess Kay of the Milky Way.

New records for Jersey production were established in 2013.