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		<title>Farmer’s response to water series brings balance to public conversation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Jonathan Eisenthal Dave Craigmile’s entry into full-time farming permanently set his gaze on the water gauge—he took over the family farm in Boyd in 1976, the year of the worst drought in Minnesota agricultural history. So it shouldn’t surprise anyone that Craigmile took up the gauntlet thrown down by a series on water [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=minnesotacornerstone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12482317&amp;post=674&amp;subd=minnesotacornerstone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Corn likes to grow here in Minnesota—even in a year of adverse weather conditions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Jonathan Eisenthal It’s a combination of climate, soils and farmer know-how—corn likes to grow in Minnesota. Numbers released last week by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA) offer the final picture for the 2011 crop year in its Crop Production 2011 Summary. These data show there are few places that do corn better [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=minnesotacornerstone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12482317&amp;post=672&amp;subd=minnesotacornerstone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sediment forum draws 250 to learn about improving water quality</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Jonathan Eisenthal The Near-Channel Sediment Source Management Forum on January 4 in North Mankato brought together about 250 people who share a common concern for the future of the Minnesota River and water quality across the state. About forty of those in attendance were farmers. Farmer-supported research shows that stream-bank erosion, or “near-channel” [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=minnesotacornerstone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12482317&amp;post=669&amp;subd=minnesotacornerstone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EPA: Ethanol production expected to grow in 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Published by Des Moines Register, Dec. 31, 2011. Article written by Dan Piller) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last Tuesday said ethanol production in 2012 should reach 15.2 billion gallons, an increase of about 1.25 billion gallons from this year. The agency’s 2012 targets for renewable biofuels, however, shows non-corn ethanol made from crop residue, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=minnesotacornerstone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12482317&amp;post=665&amp;subd=minnesotacornerstone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Research program manager joins MCGA staff: “We have to make the most of today’s exciting opportunities on behalf of the farmer”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Jonathan Eisenthal “It’s a very exciting time in the corn industry—there are so many value-added opportunities, in ethanol, in feed sources for livestock and other products—We have to make the most of today’s exciting opportunities on behalf of the farmer,” said Mitch Coulter, who joined the staff of Minnesota Corn Growers Association on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=minnesotacornerstone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12482317&amp;post=658&amp;subd=minnesotacornerstone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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