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By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo There is an emerging consumer preference to purchase fresh local food products at farmers’ markets and roadside farm stands. These products are grown on farms tending to be small in size and producing mixed commodities of fruits, vegetables, livestock, and poultry. Many view these […]

By Melanie Mathieson The Gardening Guru Do you remember your parents’ garden from when you were a child? Your mother spent August canning or freezing the peas and beans, corn was ready when you went back to school, and the beefsteak tomatoes were picked green before a big frost in […]

So the rain finally came. Now we need to cross our fingers now that it will leave again! Here at the agriculture research station, we had just about two inches. But I’ve heard that others received more and, of course, some less. I’m not sure how much I had at […]

By Dan Falloon, sports reporter The bad press surrounding the personal lives of professional athletes has been suffocating lately. The sexual exploits of pro golfer Tiger Woods and, allegedly, Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterback Ben Roethlisberger have dominated headlines, so it certainly was refreshing to hear something positive about an athlete. Last […]

?Many people may not know it but the rainbow smelt, a prolific baitfish species in Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake, is not native to these waters—or anywhere in Sunset Country for that matter. First discovered in the late 1980s/early 1990s in “Woods” and Rainy, smelt have become a […]