State Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Scheduled for August 10 and 11

Submitted by Rashaan Jeffery, Public Affairs Specialist

Minnesota Embarks on a Public-Private Partnership to Innovate Agriculture

Submitted by Rashaan Jeffery, Public Affairs Specialist

Urban Agriculture in Mankato

Submitted by Rashaan Jeffery, Public Affairs Specialist

National Blueberry Month

Submitted by Rashaan Jeffery, Public Affairs Specialist

National Ice Cream Month

Submitted by Rashaan Jeffery, Public Affairs Specialist

National Hemp Month

The importance of National Hemp Month allows us to highlight the usefulness of the plant to both humans and our environment.

National Pollinator Week

National Pollinator Week is an annual event that focuses on pollinator health.

National Dairy Month

National Dairy Month started out as National Milk Month in 1937 to promote drinking milk.

Manure Management Improves Water Quality

With alfalfa in the crop rotation and pastureland in the mix, Stacy Miller’s 350-acre dairy farm near Plainview, Minnesota already played a role in filtering runoff flowing toward the Mississippi River.

Feedlot Upgrade Aids Mississippi River

Dodge County, Minnesota brothers Ben and Jay Currier improved their dairy farm’s efficiency, optimized the fertilizer it produces and played a role in protecting the Mississippi River when they installed a new manure pit last fall.