Cow cuddling, ice cream churning and farm tours are among the tactics dairy farmers are employing to compensate for low milk ...

The USDA ordered nationwide testing after multiple states confirmed the virus was present in dairy cattle. Minnesota reported nine cases last year. A dairy cow on a southwest Minnesota farm. Minnesota ...

Caledonia, Minn. farmer Cole Hoscheit has made several visits to Mexico to meet the families of workers on his dairy farm. He is a board member for Puentes/Bridges, a Wisconsin-based organization that ...

Minnesota farmers are raising concerns about the economic fallout from increased ICE operations in their communities.

Riverview Farms agreed to an $11 million settlement in Arizona to restore groundwater access after wells ran dry, as the ...

Donald Scherber bought a Minnesota dairy farm in 1958. His son, John, bought it from him in 1995 and will probably pass it down to his children. For decades, the family has made a living selling the ...

About 20 years ago, Margaret and Kevin Simanski asked themselves what life would be like if they lived on a large piece of property with horses and cows. That’s how they wound up building a ...

Welcome to “the last bite,” an end-of-week food and ag roundup from the Minnesota Star Tribune. Reach out to business reporter Brooks Johnson at [email protected] to share your news and ...

Do you know which farm the milk in your fridge came from? Smaller dairy farms in Minnesota said they are increasingly worried it is not from their cows but rather, factory farms. They are ratcheting ...