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| Seed exchange April 27 (04/24/2013) |
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There will be a seed exchange at the Winona Mall on Saturday, April 27th from 9am to noon.
This will be in conjunction with the last Farmer’s Market of the winter season.
The seed exchange is free ... FULL STORY
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| Share your adventures in Bluff Country (03/13/2013) |
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Looking for Writers! Photos! Videos!
Anyone writing in a fun, MinnesOta-style! Think “over the top” Minnesotans sharing adventure, fun, excitement in and about Bluff Country! Enthusiasm and playfulne ... FULL STORY
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| In the Land of Dreamy Dreams (12/16/2012) |
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By Vicki Englich --
That’s about as much drama as I really want right now. The snow is a blank canvas that invites dreams to which I surrender, gladly. I snuggle up in my favorite afghan and leaf through books that showc ... FULL STORY
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| The new normal? (09/23/2012) |
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By Vicki Englich --
This summer was a bummer—horticulturally speaking. We haven’t experienced such a prolonged drought and heat since 1988, the year I moved into my current home. I had hoped to complete all of my plan ... FULL STORY
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| Combine causes tie-up (09/19/2012) |
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On September 17, at 12:45 p.m., a semi tractor trailer unit hauling a combine was traveling on State Road 93, north of Holcombe Coulee Road, when a load tie-down chain broke, causing the combine to ... FULL STORY
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| Nature talk at Alma Sunday (08/15/2012) |
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On Sunday, August 19th, at 1:00 pm, Wings Over Alma Nature & Art Center will host Kenny Salwey, the Last River Rat and Alma’s master storyteller, as he shares stories about life on the backwaters of t ... FULL STORY
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| Climatology speaker July 29 (07/25/2012) |
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Garvin Brook Disaster Relief Fund (GBDRF) is hosting a presentation on Climatology at the Community Center, 600 D Street, Stockton, MN on Sunday, July 29, 2:00 pm. Featured speaker be Pete Boulay, St ... FULL STORY
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| ‘Sprouts – Get Out and Grow’ program to begin (05/23/2012) |
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By Vicki Englich --
The “Sprouts – Get Out and Grow” kids’ garden and cooking program will provide a seed-to-table experience for young children to foster a love for vegetables.
A garden area has been prepared adjacent ... FULL STORY
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| Donation helps local Winona County 4-H (05/23/2012) |
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Local farmer directs $2,500 through America’s Farmers Grow CommunitiesSM
With an estimated nine billion mouths to feed by 2050, the future of farming depends on America’s youth. Organizations like ... FULL STORY
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| Senior Events (05/23/2012) |
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The Winona Senior Friendship Center is open to all individuals age 55 and over. For more information about our classes, hours, or nominal class or participation fees, please stop in or call 507-454-5 ... FULL STORY
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| Foreign landowner notification (02/29/2012) |
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Jim Hannula, Trempealeau County Executive Director of the Farm Service Agency informs foreign investors who buy, sell or hold a direct or indirect interest in agricultural lands in the United States t ... FULL STORY
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| Utica farm land sells for $9,000 an acre (02/15/2012) |
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By Sarah Squires --
Winona County is seeing record prices for agricultural land with a sale pending near Utica that reached $9,000 an acre.
Winona County Recorder Bob Bambenek gave a presentation at the county board me ... FULL STORY
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| 2011 Minnesota Futurity Horse Show (09/21/2011) |
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Minneapolis, Minnesota The Minnesota Saddlebred horse community will celebrate breeders at the 2011 Minnesota Futurity Horse Show, September 30 through October 2 at the Minnesota Equestrian Center in ... FULL STORY
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| Focus on farm safety this fall (09/21/2011) |
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Ag News Wire
by Katherine Waters, University of Minnesota Extension, and Murray Madsen, former Associate Director, Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health
The tragedy of an agricultural death ... FULL STORY
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| Producers can sign up for LIP program (02/02/2011) |
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Eligible producers who lose livestock due to adverse weather on or after January 1, 2011, and before October 1, 2011, can sign up for the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP). ... FULL STORY
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| From the Seasonal Kitchen (10/27/2010) |
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Not many of us have root cellars these days; even our garages tend to be heated. Root vegetables, though, are plentiful year round, and some of the supply will be locally grown. Since local produce ... FULL STORY
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| From the Seasonal Kitchen (10/24/2010) |
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by Maria Faust
I never would have dreamed that squirrels had a thing or two to teach me about stocking the larder.
For years, my husband and I waged The Black Walnut Wars with those furry little f ... FULL STORY
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| From the Seasonal Kitchen (10/13/2010) |
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By Caroline van Schaik
I was living in Mali, West Africa when the cookbook, “Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant” was published. I knew this had occurred because the mother of another American there se ... FULL STORY
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| From the Seasonal Kitchen (09/26/2010) |
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by Emma Roth - Schwartz
Guess we have to admit it – there’s no way around it now. Summer is over. Yes, yes, I know, we’re not ready. This very odd summer didn’t really get started until it was t ... FULL STORY
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| From the Seasonal Kitchen (09/22/2010) |
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by Jenah Hensel
I think its really interesting what foods we decide to like or dislike. Maybe its because we live in a country that has such a diverse food history and such a large selection of fo ... FULL STORY
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| From the Seasonal Kitchen (09/12/2010) |
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by Jenni McHugh
When I was in sixth grade my mom wrote a backpacking cookbook (yes, there is such a thing!) called The Hungry Hiker’s Book of Good Cooking. She and her backpacking cronies loved go ... FULL STORY
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| From the Seasonal Kitchen (09/08/2010) |
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by Maria Faust
Leaving Homer, we turned left onto Highway 61, heading as far north as a day could take us. Nearly eight hours and 375 miles later, we turned right off Highway 61, arriving at a sma ... FULL STORY
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| From the Seasonal Kitchen (08/29/2010) |
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by Caroline van Schaik
Children’s palates apparently need a dozen times to try something before the reflexive, “I don’t like it” evolves to something more interesting. I think what researchers mean ... FULL STORY
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| From the Seasonal Kitchen (08/22/2010) |
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It is eggplant time again! If this is not exactly the high point of your summer, just be patient; I have a treat for you at the end of the column. But if you love eggplant the way I do, this set of ... FULL STORY
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| From the Seasonal Kitchen (08/15/2010) |
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by Jenah Hensel
Its ok, I willfully admit that I am totally dependent upon technologies that were not even around five years ago. I just about die when I can’t take my laptop into my kitchen to ge ... FULL STORY
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| From the Seasonal Kitchen (08/08/2010) |
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By Jenni McHugh
The first time I “put up” food as an adult I was 22 years old, working on a farm with my then-boyfriend-now-husband. We were so proud of what we’d accomplished we were beaming. ... FULL STORY
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| From the Seasonal Kitchen (08/01/2010) |
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by Maria Faust
My grandma was a short-order cook during the Great Depression and for a number of years thereafter. It is said that she dazzled customers at the lunch counter with her cooking prowes ... FULL STORY
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| From the Seasonal Kitchen (07/25/2010) |
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by Caroline van Schaik
In preparing to take sheep to market this week, I realize I might take a moment to address the area’s perfect terrain for raising such lean 4-legged friends on a grass diet. ... FULL STORY
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| From the Seasonal Kitchen (07/18/2010) |
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by Emma Roth-Schwartz
Here it is, the column I have been waiting all year to write. Sometime in the next two weeks or so, you will start to see fresh locally grown garlic in your garden or at th ... FULL STORY
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| From the Seasonal Kitchen (07/11/2010) |
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by Jenah Hensel
I really love summertime. Its not only because I loathe winter so much, although I have to admit that’s a lot of it. I get excited when summer rolls around because I get to go th ... FULL STORY
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| From the Seasonal Kitchen (07/07/2010) |
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by Jenni McHugh
Like me, you are probably feeling just fine about leaving behind the rainiest June we’ve had in eight years. Several gardeners and farmers I know have either lost their gardens com ... FULL STORY
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| From the Seasonal Kitchen (06/27/2010) |
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by Maria Faust
Out into the yard I go, to shake plump mulberries from their branches, to see the black raspberries nearly ripe for picking and apples already the size of jawbreakers on the trees in ... FULL STORY
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| From the Seasonal Kitchen (06/16/2010) |
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by Caroline van Schaik
With local rhubarb and strawberries in the farmers markets, here are some sweet and savory (and surprising) ways to serve them. Not that picking off the tops and popping stra ... FULL STORY
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| From the Seasonal Kitchen (05/30/2010) |
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by Emma Roth-Schwartz
It seems that we only just got a little spring weather; since it is usually summer around here by early June, it seems like the last chance to squeeze in a column about the sa ... FULL STORY
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| Keep those tomatoes growing, then can ’em (08/09/2009) |
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By --
Tomatoes are ripening all over Winona County. If you want to improve your crop and fruit, there are a number of things you can be doing right now.
Water tomatoes deeply, at the base of the plant. A ... FULL STORY
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| ACRE or not? Making the election choice (04/29/2009) |
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By Kent Olson
University of Minnesota Extension
Starting on Apr. 27, 2009, farmers can sign up for the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program, a new, optional safety net for farmers provided ... FULL STORY
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| Help for dairy farmers (04/29/2009) |
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Do you need a new computer or fax machine? Want to install Internet access or upgrade to high speed Internet? Need accounting or herd management software? How about a camera in your calving area, fre ... FULL STORY
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| Pork producers, get certified! (04/29/2009) |
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by Mark Whitney
U of M Extension
The University of Minnesota Swine Extension team, in partnership with the Minnesota Pork Board, is offering multiple training and certification courses for both Po ... FULL STORY
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| Winona FFA members honored at banquet (04/29/2009) |
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The 65th Annual Winona FFA Banquet was held on April 14, at Winona Senior High School. Over 200 parents, guests and members were present.
Winona FFA President Labecca Johnson was master of ceremonies ... FULL STORY
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| Gypsy moth treatments (04/08/2009) |
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This summer, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) plans to conduct aerial treatments in portions of southeastern Minnesota - including Winona County - to protect our forests from new infestat ... FULL STORY
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| Keep your landscape deer free (04/08/2009) |
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Deer damage to ornamental plants is increasingly a suburban problem. Deer populations in neighborhoods have increased rapidly due to abandoned farms, hunting restrictions and suburban sprawl. And they ... FULL STORY
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| USDA extending buy-in waiver (04/08/2009) |
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Producers who did not previously obtain statutorily required crop insurance from the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) or Non-insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage for 2008 w ... FULL STORY
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| When an earthworm is not your friend (04/01/2009) |
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By --
Yesterday I picked up a chunk of loose sod dug up by the snowplow and tossed in my yard.
A big, juicy earthworm was coming up underneath, but he ducked his head back into the ground in a flash.
Perh ... FULL STORY
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| ERC meeting rescheduled for March 21 (03/18/2007) |
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The University of Minnesota Southeast Regional Sustainable Development Partnership - The Experiment in Rural Cooperation (ERC) is offering an opportunity for neighbors to work and grow together to imp ... FULL STORY
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| Opportunities in Organic Agriculture (03/18/2007) |
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A chance to learn the ABC's of Organics and about Organic Agriculture Opportunities is a program being held at the Four Seasons Community Center, Caledonia, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, A ... FULL STORY
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| Manure value workshop (02/21/2007) |
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by JERROLD TESMER
Ag Tech Advisor
Fillmore, Winona, Houston Counties
A Manure Value Workshop will be held on March 14, 2007, 10:00 am - noon, in room 108, at the Fillmore County Office Building, ... FULL STORY
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| Manure: a win/win fertilizer source (02/07/2007) |
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In 2006, an On-Farm Manure Management Demonstration to Protect Impaired Waters 319 Grant site was established in Fillmore County. One of the requirements of this demonstration is finding a site with o ... FULL STORY
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| SFA of MN to meet Feb. 14 (02/07/2007) |
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The Southeast Chapter of the Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota (SFA of MN) will hold a meeting on "Grasses for Grazing and Stored Feed"¯ on Wednesday, February 14th. Registration starts at ... FULL STORY
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| Beef Council seeks candidates (01/17/2007) |
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Minnesota's Beef Promotion and Research Council is seeking candidates for its Board of Directors. Five positions will be filled by mail ballots to be sent out by the Minnesota Department of Agricultur ... FULL STORY
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| Critter-proof trees, plants for winter (11/26/2006) |
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By Gary Wyatt
Natural resource management educator
U of M Extension Service
Have you ever noticed animal damage to trees or other plants during spring yard work? Animal damage during winter mont ... FULL STORY
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| Livestock on the Land (04/12/2006) |
by JERROLD TESMER
Ag Tech Advisor - Fillmore, Winona, Houston Counties
"Livestock on the Land"¯ is a power point presentation that Donna Rasmussen, Fillmore County Water Plan Coordinator and I hav ... FULL STORY
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| Milk Income Loss deadline May 17 (04/12/2006) |
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Jim Hannula, County Executive Director of the Farm Service Agency's Trempealeau County USDA Service Center reminds dairy producers that sign-up for the newly extended Milk Income Loss Contract program ... FULL STORY
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| S.E. Minn. women farmers film April 7 (04/02/2006) |
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Some of the most driving issues pertaining to farming, farm families, and the communities they support will be raised during an airing of, Voices of Minnesota Farm Women, on Friday, April 7, in Plainv ... FULL STORY
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| 4-H News (03/15/2006) |
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by Carolyn Dingfelder
It's in the air and according to the calendar spring is only days away! This is the time to start many varieties of plants from seed, both vegetables and flowers. There are ... FULL STORY
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| 2006 spring-seeded crops (03/09/2006) |
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Local producers are reminded that March 15 is the application closing date to sign up for the Non-Insured Assistance Program coverage on most spring-seeded crops.
"Producers interested in obtaining ... FULL STORY
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| Ag websites for everyone (03/09/2006) |
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You can find detailed information on about any agricultural commodity in Minnesota by going to the University of Minnesota Extension Service website, http://www.extension.umn.edu/farm.
There's det ... FULL STORY
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| Farm Bureau banquet to be held April 3 (03/09/2006) |
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The Winona County Farm Bureau Banquet will be held Monday, April 3, at the Elks Lodge, 4540 North Service Drive, Goodview. Hors d'oeuvres will be served starting at 7 p.m. with a beef tips and gravy d ... FULL STORY
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| Free soybean test, other ‘hands-on’ (03/09/2006) |
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Hands-on activities will be emphasized at an upcoming soybean conference developed by the University of Minnesota Extension Service. Identical programs, titled "Soybean Yield Drivers and Profit Robb ... FULL STORY
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| Gardeners’ Day to be held March 25 (03/09/2006) |
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The University of Minnesota, Winona County Extension Service and Master Gardeners are planning the 6th Annual Gardeners' Day in cooperation with Winona ISD 861 Community Education.
Gardeners' Day wil ... FULL STORY
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| Hands-On Horse Driver Training Clinic (03/09/2006) |
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A Hands-On Horse Driver Training Clinic, sponsored by the SE MN Trail Riders ‘n' Teamsters Association, will be held on Saturday, April 8th, 2006 at Miller's Harness Shop/Triple M Horse Traini ... FULL STORY
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| Foreign landowners notification (03/06/2006) |
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Trempealeau County Farm Service Agency reminds foreign investors who buy, sell or hold a direct or indirect interest in agricultural lands in the United States to report their holdings and transaction ... FULL STORY
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| Gardeners’ Day to be held March 25 (03/06/2006) |
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The Univaersity of Minnesota, Winona County Extension Service and Master Gardeners are planning the 6th Annual Gardeners' Day in cooperation with Winona ISD 861 Community Education.
Gardeners' Day wi ... FULL STORY
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| National FFA Week at WSHS a success (03/06/2006) |
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Winona Senior High faculty and students joined Winona FFA members to celebrate National FFA Week February 18-25. Students participated in dress-up days and in an all-school Ag/FFA quiz. The UM-Rapto ... FULL STORY
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| Meat Goat Producer Workshop (02/23/2006) |
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The University of Minnesota Extension Service is teaming up with a variety of speakers, sponsors, and organizations to provide an educational workshop on Saturday, March 4th at the St. Charles Communi ... FULL STORY
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| Secret spaces let imaginations flourish (02/23/2006) |
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Minnesota Landscape Arboretum's Secret Gardens Exhibition Inspires Creative Exploration, Cultivates Youthful Dreams of Adventure and Discovery
Remember life as a child, when you could sneak away to y ... FULL STORY
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| Winona FFA celebrates National FFA Week (02/23/2006) |
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The Winona FFA Chapter is among over 7,223 FFA Chapters nationwide celebrating National FFA Week February 18-25. The FFA is committed to developing character and leadership skills and preparing member ... FULL STORY
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| Growing More Organic (02/15/2006) |
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The 17th annual Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference will be held at the La Crosse Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on February 23-25. Conference organizers from MOSES, the Midwest Organic and Su ... FULL STORY
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| Horse owner educational program (02/15/2006) |
by JERROLD TESMER
Ag Tech Advisor - Fillmore, Winona, Houston Counties
The University of Minnesota is offering a regional horse owner education program Saturday, February 18th it will begin at ... FULL STORY
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| Why limbs fall in your yard (02/09/2006) |
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Travel around a leafy neighborhood after a storm and you will see tree limbs, large and small, scattered about the ground. Why do ome limbs fall in high winds or after ice storms while others merely b ... FULL STORY
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| Horse owner educational program (02/06/2006) |
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Saturday, February 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Town and Country Vet Clinic in Winona, Minn., will be holding an educational program for horse owners.
Topics include pastures management, recreationa ... FULL STORY
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| Conservation Tillage Conference Feb. 1-2 (01/16/2006) |
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There's more money to be made with conservation tillage--with no yield loss. And you can hear the latest on conservation tillage Feb. 1-2, 2006, at the Ramkota Inn in Sioux Falls, S. D. The program st ... FULL STORY
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| Animal agriculture, environment workshop (01/11/2006) |
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by Mindy Spiehs,
University of Minnesota Extension Service
Are you new to the animal agriculture industry and working with environmental issues? If so, attend the "Understanding Animal Agriculture ... FULL STORY
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| New online Century Farm directory (09/28/2005) |
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The Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) recently launched an online Century Farm Directory on the MFBF website at www.fbmn.org. This is the only comprehensive online Century Farm Directory availab ... FULL STORY
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| Minnesota 4-H Shares National GIS Award (08/17/2005) |
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The national 4-H GIS design team and National 4-H headquarters have received a "Special Achievement in GIS Award."¯ The award was for outstanding use of geographic information system (GIS) technology ... FULL STORY
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| Farm committee members sought (01/23/2005) |
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The Trempealeau County FSA Committee is seeking minorities or women, to participate on the Farm Service Agency County Committee as an Advisor.
The Farm Service Agency is an agency of the United State ... FULL STORY
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| Half-day workshop for dairy farmers (01/23/2005) |
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Eastwood Bank has joined with the University of Minnesota Extension Service to present "Winning the Game: The Dairy Edition."¯ This half-day workshop is filled with practical, easy-to-execute advice ... FULL STORY
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