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A red-white-and-blue bag of livestock feed at foreground is flanked by stacks of the same product in a warehouse.
Business
High-visibility feed maker Famo Feeds going strong
Famo Feeds Inc., of Freeport, Minnesota, is an unusual livestock feed maker for Minnesota because an independent, family-owned manufacturer has its own brand of feed. The company’s colorful logo is a curiosity for the thousands of motorists and customers traveling along Interstate 94, en route to and from the Twin Cities.
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Policy
USDA increases cattle loss payments
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, changed the formula for disaster payments for above-normal livestock losses to reflect truer values of baby calves and other animals, in the wake of the April 2022 “Blizzard Haley” storm complex that hit North Dakota. The previous administration had administratively in 2020 added a "bottom-tier" of payment for baby calves that undervalued the animals.
July 21, 2022 11:53 AM
A small girl in a blue sweatshirt, gray sweatpants and rainbow rubber boots, points a hose at a small white lamb.
Columns
Get in shape with the County Fair Workout
Helping a child prep for the county fair -- and then actually making it through the fair -- can help the adults in their life get in shape. But the County Fair Workout is one that only works for a limited time.
July 18, 2022 05:30 AM
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National
Smithfield officials ignore demonstrators of Nathan's annual hot dog contest, instead congratulate winners
Monday’s demonstration came just one day before Smithfield settled a price-fixing lawsuit, agreeing to pay out $42 million after allegedly conspiring to artificially inflate pork prices
July 08, 2022 10:41 AM

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News
Mow 'em, Cowbot! University of Minnesota working on autonomous mower for pastures
The Cowbot would be a way to mow down thistles as a way to control the spread of weeds, "like a Roomba for a pasture," says Eric Buchanan, a renewable energy scientist at the West Central Research and Outreach Center in Morris, Minnesota.
June 27, 2022 05:30 AM
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By  Jeff Beach
A woman holds a gray and white cat.
Business
Agweek story leads 2022 University of Minnesota graduate to North Dakota veterinary clinic
Dr. Katie Wolf heard about the veterinarian job opening at Golden Valley Veterinary Clinic in Park River, North Dakota, from her grandfather, Agweek reader Robert “Bob” Wolf.
June 20, 2022 05:30 AM
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By  Ann Bailey
A woman with a stethoscope around her neck and wearing blue jeans, a black shirt and green jacket, stands in a veterinary clinic's animal barn.
Business
University of Minnesota-Crookston and VetFAST program address 'global shortage' of large animal veterinarians
The pre-veterinary program at UMC is part of the U of M College of Veterinary Medicine Veterinary Food Animal Scholars or VetFAST program, which students can apply for while attending the university in Crookston.
June 20, 2022 05:30 AM
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By  Ann Bailey
A rancher d strides toward calves to gather them in a stock trailer, while his son assists but shields his eyes from the driving snow.
Business
North Dakota ranchers who battled blizzard Haley continue to deal with the aftermath
Cattle producers who lost calves in the April 2022 snow storms -- especially in western North Dakota where drought or dry conditions persist -- say the government's Livestock Indemnity Program needs update its funding formula and rules if partial compensation will be relevant.
June 13, 2022 05:30 AM
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By  Mikkel Pates
A beef calf with a white face and black coat has a heavy piece of ice, hanging from its ear at left.
Policy
Looking for help to deal with the 'long tail' of severe weather like blizzard Haley
A series of April blizzards created a “long tail” of cattle illnesses, including pneumonia and scours. Losses range from zero to hundreds of calves, on top of record-setting drought and low feed and forage supplies. The numbers hide some of the effects — the loss in value when either a calf or a cow is lost, leaving orphans. 
June 13, 2022 05:28 AM
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By  Mikkel Pates
Two girls in winter clothing feed a white calf from a bottle.
Columns
Fed is best, in calves and in human babies
Jenny Schlecht describes how two calves on her farm needed milk replacer to stay alive.
June 06, 2022 05:30 AM
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By  Jenny Schlecht

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Business
Jenniges Meat Processing among small meat processors expanding to meet demand
Small meat processors were thrust into the spotlight early in the COVID pandemic and now are benefitting from grants and programs to help them expand. Jenniges Meat Processing in Brooten, Minnesota, is a prime example.
June 06, 2022 05:30 AM
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By  Jeff Beach
Man standing in barn with cows
Business
Drought forces dairy into difficult selloff decision, but farmer hopes to rebuild
Quaal Dairy in Otter Tail County sold off most of its herd in April. Vernon Quaal says the 2021 drought drastically cut into its feed supply and the rising prices for feed made maintaining the 300 cow herd unstainable. Quaal says many dairies are suffering. But he is determined to build back up, with a crop of bred heifers ready to calve in September.
May 16, 2022 05:30 AM
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By  Jeff Beach
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Business
Wolff's Suffolks takes lamb from pasture to pizza
Wolff's Suffolks has been in the Suffolk industry for over 40 years. But recently, the ranch decided to diversify and sell their lamb to consumers and restaurants.
May 07, 2022 05:30 AM
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By  Emily Beal
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