Kevin Schulz

Minnesota

Editor at The Farmer

Editor at Farm Progress

Take what I do, but not who I am, very seriously. A wordschmidt through and through.

Articles

Das Aufstiegsinterview mit dem Trainerteam und allen Neuigkeiten!

1 week ago | fupa.net | Kevin Schulz

Was war für dich in dieser Saison der Schlüssel zum Aufstieg? Guido Jacob: Das Vertrauen der Mannschaft in die Trainer und umgekehrt! Mannschaft und Trainer haben ein tolles Verhältnis zueinander, jeder steht für den anderen ein, auch wenn es mal nicht so gut läuft. Ich glaube, das ist unsere größte Stärke. Es macht einfach Spaß mit den Jungs. Gab es einen Moment, in dem dir klar wurde: Jetzt schaffen wir es!? Kevin Schulz: Es gab einige.
Leading the charge against swine diseases

1 week ago | farmprogress.com | Kevin Schulz

Disease pressures are on the minds of livestock producers, and Montserrat Torremorell has made a career of alleviating some of that burden from pig farmers. Torremorell, known in the swine world as Montse, is a veterinarian by training but has been a professor in the University of Minnesota Department of Veterinary Population Medicine (VPM) since 2009, working closely with hog producers and veterinarians across the country and around the world.
Minnesota's county fairs invite visitors to create summer memories across the state

2 weeks ago | farmprogress.com | Kevin Schulz

From Ada to Zumbrota, Roseau to Luverne, and all points in between, Minnesotans don’t have to look too far to take in one of the many county fairs across the state.
Disease concerns take center stage at World Pork Expo as PRRS, PEDV and new threats challenge producers

2 weeks ago | farmprogress.com | Kevin Schulz

While the futures markets of late allow pig farmers the opportunity to price some profits, the caveat remains that producers need to keep their herd healthy to get hogs to market. Although many issues of the day were open for discussion during the annual World Pork Expo in early June in Des Moines, Iowa, a lot centered on disease concerns — new and old.
The Farmer launches Minnesota Master Farmers program, seeking nominations

3 weeks ago | farmprogress.com | Kevin Schulz

OUTSTANDING FARMERS: The Farmer is looking for Minnesota farmers who personify what it takes to be named one of the first Master Farmers in 2026. Nominations are now being accepted, with a deadline of Aug. 29. SimonSkafar/Getty ImagesHave you mastered the world of agriculture? Falling in step with other Farm Progress publications, The Farmer magazine is initiating a Master Farmers program, and we are looking for Minnesota producers who personify what it means to be a master.
Minnesota farm family champions soil health through education and innovation

3 weeks ago | farmprogress.com | Kevin Schulz

CONTINUING EDUCATION: Mark Legvold and his father, Dave, are both former educators, and they see the importance of continuing their education as well as that of other farmers and researchers. They see their farmland as a large classroom. Kevin SchulzDave Legvold and his son, Mark, take soil health quite seriously, with a commitment to preserving the farmland north of Northfield that has been in the family since 1976.
Minnesota farmer's accident leads to thriving meat market business

1 month ago | farmprogress.com | Kevin Schulz

An unfortunate mishap turned into a career-changing moment for Dean Morgan. Back in the 1980s, Morgan was running a 75-sow farrow-to-finish operation. One day while backing a trailer into the sow yard, he hit and killed one of the sows. A team from Lau’s Meat Market in Waseca, Minn., came to the farm to butcher the animal.
Minnesota farmer Kurt Blomgren named state FSA executive director

1 month ago | farmprogress.com | Kevin Schulz

A lifetime in agriculture — both in the field and through farm organizations — led Kurt Blomgren to a new chapter: executive director of the Farm Service Agency in Minnesota. He began May 5. In 1999, the fourth-generation farmer started the first of his three three-year terms on the FSA committee for Watonwan County. “I learned a great deal about the process there,” Blomgren says. He then got involved with Minnesota Farm Bureau and other farm organizations, including a local pork producers group.
Graduation marks the start of a new chapter

1 month ago | farmprogress.com | Kevin Schulz

High school and college graduations mark the end of one chapter in young people’s lives, but they also are the beginning of the rest of the book called life. For these young people, it can be an exciting and scary time. For high school graduates, it becomes, “What do I do now?”According to Education Data Initiative, 62% of U.S. high school graduates will go on to postsecondary education. This is a decline of 11.6% since the number peaked in 2009.
PRRS-resistant pigs are one step closer to reality

1 month ago | farmprogress.com | Kevin Schulz

HEALTHY PIGS: Gene editing has been researched, resulting in pigs resistant to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, which has been costing the U.S. swine industry an estimated $1.2 billion a year in lost production. Genus PICPork producers may soon have a silver bullet added to their PRRS arsenal.