Sugarbeet growers will have an opportunity to learn more about diseases, weeds and insect pests during seminars North Dakota State University and the University of Minnesota are holding virtually Feb. 9-11.
Here is the seminar schedule:
Tuesday, Feb. 9 – seminar for Minn-Dak farmers
Wednesday, Feb. 10 – American Crystal Sugar Co. seminar for growers from Grafton to Grand Forks
Thursday, Feb. 11 – seminar for the growers from Hillsboro to the Moorhead factory districts
The presenters and topics that they will cover are:
Ashok Chanda, University of Minnesota Extension sugarbeet crop systems specialist – management of rhizoctonia damping-off and root rot of sugarbeets
Mohamed Khan, NDSU and University of Minnesota Extension sugarbeet specialist – strategies to manage cercospora leaf spot in sugarbeets
Wheat can help farms in many ways, ag official says
Adding wheat to a crop rotation can be challenging. It can also make good sense, an Extension official says. 5:30 am, Jan. 22, 2021 ×
Wheat can play important roles in crop rotations. (Erin Ehnle Brown / Grand Vale Creative LLC)
Jared Goplen understands that growing wheat may not appeal to many area farmers including ones in Minnesota. But the the University of Minnesota extension educator thinks they might to do well to consider it anyway.
The region s diverse weather is just one of the reasons to do so. Some years, we have really good corn weather. Other years, we have really good small grain weather. A lot of times they don t necessarily overlap that well. It (growing wheat) does help to help hedge some of that risk as far as weather, he said.
January 22, 2021
Minnesota s Latino-owned businesses report challenges, and optimism, as they cope with COVID-19.
For Latino-owned enterprises in Minnesota, COVID-19 has erected many of the same barriers other owners face, but they’re dealing with added disparities in their access to state and federal relief programs for business.
Those were among the findings in a study released this week by Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER). Rodolfo Gutierrez, the organization’s executive director, said that 2021 will be a critical year for Latino businesses in both the metro area and Greater Minnesota.
“This research showed us the economic importance Latino-owned businesses have in small towns and the metro area, and the importance of continuing working towards creating structures that promote BIPOC-owned businesses in our region,” Gutierrez said.
Paula Mohr
CALF CARE: Improving calf performance, welfare and calf management is one of the virtual U-MN and Minnesota Dairy Initiative meetings, scheduled to be held in late March. Creating an inclusive culture, farm business transition and alternative forages are some of the upcoming topics.
Jan 22, 2021
University of Minnesota Extension, in collaboration with the Minnesota Dairy Initiative-Central Region, has announced a lineup of upcoming virtual winter dairy meetings.
The series of informal conversations cover a variety of topics relevant to Minnesota dairy farmers.
Each Zoom discussion will be held from 12:30 to 1 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month through March 24. The discussions are:
Paula Mohr
PLAN WHILE YOU CAN: Who will take over your family farm business? You may have been thinking about this for some time now. This is the year to start and finish a farm transition plan, for your peace of mind as well as the future owners’. Getting started is the hard part. Set a date to start the conversation about transitioning your farm to the next generation.
The statistic is both reassuring and alarming: Around 70% of the farmland across the U.S. will be changing hands over the next 20 years.
It offers reassurance because that farmland has the potential to remain productive and in agriculture.