Sesquicentennial farm applications due April 1
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Minnesota Farm Bureau’s Sesquicentennial Farm program will honor Minnesota families that have owned their farms for at least 150 years. Since the Sesquicentennial Farm program began in 2008, more than 150 farms have been recognized. The Sesquicentennial Farm program recognizes family farms according to the following qualifications:
• The farm must be at least 150 years old this year (2013) according to the abstract of title, land patent, original deed, county land records, court file in registration proceedings, or other authentic land records. Please do not send originals or copies of records.
America's farmers can support local school district with $2,500 donation
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- Published on Friday, 22 February 2013 20:35
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$160,000 invested toward education in Minn. through the Monsanto Fund
Elementary and high schools in 26 states currently receive less state funding in the 2012-13 school year in comparison to last year's numbers. In 35 states, school funding now stands below 2008 levels, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. But thanks to the generosity of farmers through America's Farmers Grow CommunitiesSM, $555,000 was donated to schools nationwide in 2012.
Minnesota state forest nurseries announce seedling sale
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Millions of seedlings are available for the 2013 planting season, including 20 species of native bareroot trees and shrubs grown from seeds collected in Minnesota. Seedlings vary in size from
6 to 18 inches in height.
Minnesota farmers help USDA conservation program
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NRCS celebrates success of 4-year-sld conservation stewardship program
In just four years, America’s top conservationists have enrolled
50 million acres in USDA’s Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), a program that helps farmers, ranchers and forest landowners take conservation to the next level.