Minnesota Ag Connection http://www.minnesotaagconnection.com Your Daily Source for Minnesota Ag & Farm News, Markets, Weather, Auctions and Real Estate 180 Minnesota Farmers Make Significant Planting Progress http://www.minnesotaagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=480 http://www.minnesotaagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=480 Minnesota farmers made significant planting progress during the week ending Sunday, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Tue, 21 May 2013 6:52:06 CST Coalition to Introduce Sugar Amendment to Senate Farm Bill http://www.minnesotaagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=481 http://www.minnesotaagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=481 U. Tue, 21 May 2013 6:52:06 CST Minnesotans Encouraged to Observe EAB Awareness Week http://www.minnesotaagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=482 http://www.minnesotaagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=482 Governor Mark Dayton has proclaimed this week Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week. Tue, 21 May 2013 6:52:06 CST Minnesota Farm Bureau Foundation Golf Fundraiser Set for July 16 http://www.minnesotaagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=483 http://www.minnesotaagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=483 The Minnesota Farm Bureau (MFB) Foundation will hold its annual golf fundraiser at River Oaks Golf Course in Cottage Grove, Minnesota on Tuesday, July 16. Tue, 21 May 2013 6:52:06 CST New Freeborn County WMA Conserves Critical Swan, Crane Habitat http://www.minnesotaagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=484 http://www.minnesotaagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=484 The public is invited to the dedication of a new wildlife management area (WMA) southwest of Blooming Prairie that will conserve 500 acres of gently rolling hills containing 100 acres of wetlands, the highest point in Freeborn County, remnant prairie and remnant bur oak woodland, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said. Tue, 21 May 2013 6:52:06 CST