Relentless rains this month have caused 17 manure pits at 15 large farms in southwestern Minnesota to overflow, releasing livestock waste into the environment. The overflows, all at open pit lagoons, ...

Minnesota officials have for years been under federal pressure to do something about a nitrate crisis in rural well water, particularly in the southeast and central parts of the state. The Minnesota ...

A mention of farm country beckons images of quaint houses, big red barns, grazing cattle and sun-soaked crops. That’s how I recall farmsteads of my youth in west-central Minnesota, and how Sonja Trom ...

Feedlots likely contribute to the contamination of fresh produce in nearby fields, according to a study initiated after a deadly E. Coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce. The 2018 outbreak sickened ...

Some Custer-area ranchers and an environmental group have filed suit in Helena District Court to halt construction of a big cattle feedlot near the Yellowstone River on the far eastern edge of ...

In a first, researchers have identified the nation’s roughly 8,700 cattle feeding operations, and the map shows California has more of them than any other state. California also has the most feedlot ...

North Dakota lawmakers are still sorting out a thorny agricultural issue getting to the heart of local zoning restrictions for animal feedlot operations. The state is looking to revise standards ...

North Dakota’s livestock industry has long lagged behind neighboring states. It’s far behind sister state South Dakota, which has 4 million cattle and 1.5 million pigs. North Dakota has 1.8 million ...