Agribusiness

Photo by Tate Carlson

Transcending Loss
Speaking with Sandy Hansen-Wolff, owner of AgVenture Feed & Seed, is inspirational. She puts her heart into everything she does, whether serving AgVenture customers, providing agribusiness support, animal management and farm supplies, or speaking to an audience about her story. Read More

Landwehr dairy cow barn

The Power of Cooperation
Roughly one in ten of the country’s 100 largest Ag co-ops operate out of Minnesota, including the two largest: CHS and Land O’Lakes.  Read More
Editor’s Note
Some of my earliest memories were at my grandmother’s dairy farm in Stockholm, Wisconsin. I remember being attacked by a chicken. I was defeated for the moment, but I’ve had revenge numerous times over the years, aided and abetted by BBQ sauce and mesquite smoke. Read More


Minnesota Agribusiness Overview

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Hopping to it
This week will see another step in the development of the expanding Minnesota craft brewing industry, but it won’t involve anything foamy. Read More

Alander Rum Punch

Farm to Bottle
More than five hours northwest of the Twin Cities, amid endless table-flat rye and canola fields, sits the aptly named Far North Spirits. Read More

Bryan Boll and family

Sustaining the Family Farm
“The fact that I’m involved in an industry that feeds the world is exciting to me,” says Bryan Boll, owner of Boll Farms, a 5,000-acre operation in the northwestern area of the state where he grows corn, soybeans, wheat, sugar beets, dry beans and alfalfa. Read More
Midwest Farm Energy Conference in Morris
The Midwest Farm Energy Conference, June 17-19 at the West Central Research and Outreach Center (WCROC) in Morris, focuses on showcasing renewable energy and energy efficient technologies in agriculture, but also presents practical information for home and business owners who are considering installing renewable energy sy Read More

The Hometown BioEnergy plant. Photo courtesy of Hometown BioEnergy

Biomass Conference in Minneapolis April 20-22
In our February 2015 issue, we highlighted the Hometown BioEnergy plant in Le Sueur, Minnesota. The award-winning facility converts agricultural and food-processing waste into electricity for the local distribution system. Read More