Agriculture

Funding can be used to purchase equipment, make physical improvements and support staff time needed to deliver urban agriculture programming in Minnesota.

Plus: 4 girls were rescued after getting stranded on Lake Superior near Silver Bay; the Lake Itasca Region Pioneer Farmers hosted their 49th annual show Aug. 15-17, 2025; MnDOT will host an open house Aug. 20 ahead of a 2027 project in downtown Crookston; and three Northern Minnesota cities received contamination cleanup grants.

Agricultural heritage was on full display near the Itasca State Park Aug. 15-17, 2025.

The funding comes from a Minnesota Department of Agriculture grant that helps schools establish or maintain meat cutting and butchery training programs.

While the Beltrami County Fair is officially open from Aug. 6-10, 2025, the behind-the-scenes work is well underway for the event, which can take months of planning.

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.