HAWLEY, Minn. — Dan Grefsrud admits that when he was growing up, he wanted to get away from the family farm. So naturally, his parents were surprised when he asked if he could come back and live on ...

About 20 years ago, Margaret and Kevin Simanski asked themselves what life would be like if they lived on a large piece of property with horses and cows. That’s how they wound up building a ...

RED WING, Minn. — When designing their home near Red Wing, Margaret and Kevin Simanski often returned to the focus of the country, farm atmosphere. They wanted to save the silos and arrange the ...

The dust cloud billows up behind your bumper whether you’re headed toward Katie Elvehjem’s farm or away from it. And on a Friday evening in spring 2024, Elvehjem was dreaming about leaving. “I felt ...

I didn’t grow up farming, so when I was first appointed to chair the Minnesota Senate Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, I made it a point to meet and visit as many Minnesota farmers and ...

The Hjelle family of New London has been named Kandiyohi County’s 2025 Farm Family of the Year by the University of Minnesota. They are among 86 families to be honored this year at Farmfest.

A millennial being a YouTube sensation may not be breaking news. But if we told you that he's a fifth generation Minnesota farmer, sharing videos about the experience of living life on a farm? That ...

WASHINGTON – Anne Schwagerl put one child in a tractor with her husband and another with her father-in-law before leaving Minnesota’s Big Stone County for the nation’s capital. She did not want to ...