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The drought is hitting Minnesota farmers hard and forcing some to take extra measures to keep going. Author: Heidi Wigdahl Updated: 7:06 PM CDT July 19, 2021 KIMBALL, Minnesota — At Schiefelbein Farms in Kimball, the cows are on the move.  "They know that if I take them to the next pasture, there may be better groceries there. So they're ready to eat something better," said Don Schiefelbein.  The family farm — which started in 1955 — has thousands of cattle.  Schiefelbein said they have been dealing with dry conditions for the past three to four weeks....

Dry, hot conditions are also fueling wildfires in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Written By: Dan Kraker / MPR News | 2:00 pm, Jul. 16, 2021 × Corn plant leaves roll up in response to drought and heat as the plant tries to conserve moisture. Photo taken June 22, 2021, near Frazee, Minn. (Dan Gunderson / MPR News File) Rachel Gray and her family raise beef cattle on their farm in Blackduck, in Beltrami County, in far north-central Minnesota. Right now she says they're grazing about 500 heifers, along with 17 bulls. But she said that's not going to last much longer. "We ar...

Goodhue County farmer forced to sell cattle because of drought Unmute The drought has some deciding to go into early retirement or sell their animals. “These cows should be in grass that should be up to my waist and it’s down at my ankles. It’s just not growing,” said Katie Brenny, of Brenny Farms. Brenny Farms has 25 cows, a bull and a donkey. She runs the farm with her husband, and the couple is fifth-generation farmers. They raise the cows for beef. Farmer Katie Brenny “We have the white cows behind me which are Charolais. And the black cows are Angus,...

Some producers are seeking an alternative feed due to the sky-rocketing price of corn. Written By: Emily Beal | × Producers are looking for a cost-friendly feeding alternative to take the place of corn in their livestock's diet. (Emily Beal / Agweek) Due to the dramatic increase in corn prices, some producers are looking for feeding alternatives. “When corn is increasing like it has been over the past few months, that has caused our cost of gains to go up, as well as the cost of everything else to go up. So when we start looking for corn alternatives, nothing else is chea...