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On Monday, February 3, 2025, Rani Bhattacharyya, a University of Minnesota Community Extension Educator, presented during the Crookston City Council meeting. The Crookston EDA asked Bhattacharyya to provide the City of Crookston with a Retail Trade Analysis and a Local Option Sales Tax Analysis. “I work in the Valley Technology Park, which is the Business […]
Story by Emily Haeg Nguyen October is Energy Awareness Month in Minnesota and across the county! Right now, there are state and federal incentives empowering Minnesotans to make energy-efficient upgrades that lower their bills and enhance comfort. The Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) want to support northwest Minnesota residents in doing the same! CERTs is
Brekken Tull is the 2024 Crookston Firefighters Association Memorial Scholarship recipient. The scholarship honors all past members of the Crookston Firefighters Association that are no longer with us today. This scholarship was made possible by an endowment sponsored by the Association’s charitable gaming. The Crookston Firefighters Association uses charitable gaming to fund their life saving
An early but rainy start to the 2024 growing season led to a wide range of small grain planting dates. “Despite weather delays, the small grain stands are very good and the earliest seeded grains are well into tillering,” states Dr. Jochum Wiersma, Extension small grains specialist at the University of Minnesota. However, there are
In recent years, corn and soybean diseases typically observed further south have entered Minnesota. “Tar spot is one of these emerging corn diseases in Minnesota,” states Dr. Dean Malvick, University of Minnesota Extension plant pathologist. It was first reported in north central Illinois and Indiana in 2015 and confirmed in southeastern Minnesota in 2019. While
Women from the breadth of Minnesota’s agriculture community are invited to share their stories with legislators and key leaders at the Minnesota State Capitol for Women in Ag Day on Monday, March 25. Organizers seek to celebrate the role of women in agriculture and raise awareness of issues and challenges they face in their work.
