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By Mark Steil

Mark Steil
msteil@mpr.org

Mark Steil is based in Worthington, Minn., covering major changes in the economy and society of rural Minnesota for MPR News. Steil has worked for Minnesota Public Radio since 1978.

Competition for state’s first cannabis facilities

Mark SteilMark Steil May 29, 2014, 4:00 PM May 29, 2014

Montevideo, Minnesota, hopes to be home to one of the state’s first two medical cannabis manufacturing plants. And if not Montevideo, maybe somewhere in surrounding Chippewa County. Read more →

Ethanol gets a boost from lower corn costs

Mark SteilMark Steil March 5, 2014, 4:03 PM Mar 5, 2014

Ethanol has made a big comeback as far as profits are concerned. Read more →

Minnesota Scenes

Farm push for immigration reform

Mark SteilMark Steil February 23, 2014, 7:00 AM Feb 23, 2014

The debate over immigration reform is heating up in scores of Minnesota crop fields, livestock barns and farm homes. As Minnesota Milk Producers Association President Patrick Lunemann puts it, “we’re struggling to find labor.” Lunemann employs immigrants as part of the work force on his 700-cow dairy farm near the central Minnesota town of Clarissa. Read more →

Minnesota harvest totals show corn ahead of soybeans

Mark SteilMark Steil January 10, 2014, 2:15 PM Jan 10, 2014

Corn beat soybeans in several categories when it comes to the 2013 harvest. Read more →

Minnesota Scenes

Farm mediation requests decline

Mark SteilMark Steil January 3, 2014, 6:28 PM Jan 3, 2014

The recent good times on the farm are paying off at the bank. The University of Minnesota extension service has released its most recent numbers covering the state’s farmer-lender mediation program. The state mediation program is designed to find ways to keep a farmer in business after financial troubles lead to a default on a Read more →

Pipeline to nowhere in southwest Minnesota?

Mark SteilMark Steil October 18, 2013, 4:26 PM Oct 18, 2013
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For Minnesota, the Lewis and Clark water project could become a pipeline to nowhere.
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How to edit a cow? U scientist tinkers with livestock genetics

Mark SteilMark Steil September 18, 2013, 11:25 AM Sep 18, 2013
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A University of Minnesota genomics scientist is hard at work to sell a new way to change the genetics of livestock Read more →

Organic farm profits jump

Mark SteilMark Steil September 3, 2013, 5:43 PM Sep 3, 2013
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Last year was one of the best in history for Minnesota farmers, and organic farmers shared in the bounty. The University of Minnesota’s Center for Farm Financial Management (CFFM) analyzed economic data from about three dozen organic farms around the state.   They showed a median net income for 2012 of just over $85,000,  more Read more →

A new way to buy the farm

Mark SteilMark Steil August 28, 2013, 4:59 PM Aug 28, 2013
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One of the big changes in farming over the next decade may be the number of people getting out of the business. It’s not because of an economic crisis, since most farmers are making good profits these days. Rather, the driver for the trend is age. The average age of U.S. farmers is about 57 Read more →

Deadly Air Force crash in SW Minnesota remembered

Mark SteilMark Steil July 11, 2013, 3:05 PM Jul 11, 2013
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  On-lookers examine engine parts from the B-47 crash in 1963. (Photo courtesy of The Free Press, Mankato) A memorial will be dedicated Sunday to crew members killed in an Air Force bomber crash in southwest Minnesota 50 years ago. The ceremony is in Comfrey, a few miles from the crash site. The B-47 ‘Stratojet’ Read more →

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