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Minnesota has seen a sharp rise in small farms. To serve these farmers, we provide education in crop and livestock production, natural resources conservation, and business management to enhance the sustainability of Minnesota’s small farms.

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Solutions for Sustainability — Opportunities for renewable energy and global climate change for Minnesota, Dec. 1 – 2.

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Your farm questions - answered

The Farm Information Line is staffed by Extension agriculture experts, ready to give you reliable, research-based answers.

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Faces of our Farmers

We visited farms in Winona County, Minnesota to learn about how they produce food for us. We combined pictures with stories to create a traveling art exhibit.

Virus

2009 H1N1 Flu

Information for pork producers – The term swine flu for this newly identified influenza virus is misleading.

Educational Offerings

Small Farm and Rural Living Expo — A one-day event on September 12th, 2009 for small farm enterprises or small-acreage owners offering educational seminars, how-to demonstrations, trade show vendors, and other activities.

Living on the Land Workshop Series — An 8-week course designed to supply landowners with basic agricultural information to enable them to be good stewards of their 40 acre (or less) tract.

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Program Hot Topics

New crop tries Farming 101 — From the Star Tribune: "Young professionals are studying for a different kind of career advancement: jobs as farmers."

Contact Information

Betsy Wieland
Extension Educator
Hennepin County
417 N 5th St, Suite 200
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Email: eliza003@umn.edu
Phone: 612-596-1175
Fax: 612-348-8532

Nathan Winter
Extension Educator
McLeod/Meeker Counties
840 Century Ave.
Hutchinson, MN 55350
Email: wint0146@umn.edu
Phone: 320-587-0770
Fax: 320-234-4310

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