Agriculture

The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program restoration enhances water quality and habitat. Officials say it's a good way for farmers to earn money off marginal cropland.

Dozens of Northern Minnesota farmers markets make fresh produce and other homemade products available direct to consumers. Find a farmers market near you using KAXE's map.

As of April, there have been 70 confirmed human cases in the U.S., with the first reported death in January of this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The union hosted 10 town halls across the state, with three in Northern Minnesota. They noted seven themes in the new report.

The bill would spend $250,000 in each of the next two fiscal years on the project, which is meant to create a repository for a variety of seeds grown in MN before 1970.

High levels of the invasive insect prompted the quarantine from the state Department of Agriculture. There will be an informational meeting April 29, 2025.

While Rachel Gray loves to be in the fields raising beef cattle, she spends a lot of her day tracking markets and shares how changes like tariffs could impact the industry.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture said it was relying on federal funding for proposed spongy moth management around Grand Rapids, Cloquet and the Fond du Lac Reservation.

The Trump administration recently rolled out a $1 billion plan to combat rising egg prices, but experts are skeptical on some of the plan's strategies.

Farmers counting on funding from the Rural Energy for America Program, or REAP, are still waiting for government payments totaling $410 million across the country.