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Bald eagle population continues to grow in Minnesota DNR Reports On June 20, 1782, the founding fathers of the United States of America selected the bald eagle as the national bird. Symbolic of the country itself, the bald eagle has since gone through some trying times. It has been poisoned, trappe... Written By: news@perhamfocus.com | × A bald eagle stands over a racoon carcass as the American icon dines on some road kill Tuesday morning east of New York Mills on U.S. Highway 10. Adult bald eagles are readily identified by their white heads and tails. The rest of the feathers ...

Farm, Garden & Outdoors calendar published April 10, 2021 Events and classes scheduled in the outdoors, gardening and farming. Submit your event at news@wctrib.com by noon on Tuesday. Written By: Donna Middleton | × Farming Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program: April 12-30 sign-up period. Applications can be started sooner and landowners are encouraged to do so. It is a voluntary state-federal program designed to improve water quality and habitat with a goal to protect and restore up to 60,000 acres of marginal cropland across 54 southern and western Minnesota...

Farm, Garden & Outdoors calendar published April 3, 2021 Events and classes scheduled in the outdoors, gardening and farming. Submit your event at news@wctrib.com by noon on Tuesday. Written By: Donna Middleton | × Farming 2021 wetland restoration: The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources has announced a conservation easement sign-up period through April 7. The goal is to generate wetland credits in specific Wetland Bank Service Areas throughout the state for the Local Government Road Wetland Replacement Program. The program was formed to ensure road recons...

[Listen] AM Minnesota Growing Industrial Hemp In Minnesota Assistant Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture Whitney Place was my guest on today's AM Minnesota Program. It had been around a year since I last talked with Whitney about growing Industrial Hemp in Minnesota. We have seen a significant increase in acres of Industrial Hemp grown in Minnesota over the last 5 years. We have also seen the  number of processors increase in Minnesota too. That many times is the piece of the puzzle that is missing when farmers are looking for another crop to work into their corn soybean rotation. When I h...

Listen to Joe Armstrong DVM U of M Extension Cattle Production Systems discuss Beef Quality Assurance and the Minnesota Beef Producer Survey.