Noah Fish

5 days ago | grandforksherald.com | Noah Fish

The Land of 10,000 Lakes will be home to the country’s most well-known benefit concert — Farm Aid, a nonprofit that helps support farmers in need — this fall. Farm Aid will celebrate its 40th anniversary with an 11-hour festival Saturday, Sept. 20, at Huntington Bank Stadium at the University of Minnesota.

1 week ago | agweek.com | Noah Fish

DOVER, Minn. — Corn and soybeans have emerged from the soil on southeast Minnesota farmland. USDA's crop progress report released on May 27 showed that 97% of corn in Minnesota had been planted, with 78% emerging. Meanwhile, 91% of soybeans in Minnesota had been planted, with 56% emerging. Both crops were well ahead of the average planting and emergence time frame. Ben Storm farms corn, soybeans and a little bit of barley in Dover, Minnesota, in the southeast corner of the state.

1 week ago | inforum.com | Noah Fish

CANNON FALLS, Minn. — Cameron Addington didn't always know the footsteps he was following, which would lead to him being named FFA state president, were his mom's. Cannon Falls senior Cameron Addington is the 2025-26 Minnesota FFA state president. Next fall, he'll attend Iowa State University to major in agronomy and ag business. Because of his mom, Addington has been around FFA his whole life.

2 weeks ago | agweek.com | Noah Fish

Following a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for wiping information from its websites on climate-smart farming and other conservation content, the USDA has reversed course and agreed to restore the webpages. The move came after Earthjustice and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York, Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Working Group.

2 weeks ago | postbulletin.com | Noah Fish

ORONOCO, Minn. — A series of events led to a six-week sprint into the grand opening of Hope Farms on Mother’s Day weekend, with thousands of flowers waiting at the finish line. The business is owned and ran by Rochester entrepreneur Jon Zimmerman, with general manager Jes Robinson and Xavier Jiorle as greenhouse manager. The 35-acre property is just about a 15-minute drive from Rochester.