Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator Going to the garden center to purchase potting mix can be a little overwhelming. With many types of products to choose from, it can be difficult to know which one will be best for the plants you intend to grow. There are many types of bagged potting mixes and… Read More

View From The Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist In these inflationary times, we as consumers have seen almost everything we spend money for go up and up. For us farmers, that is very true also. But at this time, most farm prices, at least for corn and soybeans at the elevators, remain quite high. Our inputs, fertilizer,… Read More

Notes From The Capitol By Paul Anderson, State House Representative District 12B The new session of the Minnesota Legislature is already in its fourth week, and it’s a start that I’ve not witnessed before during my time at the Capitol. Usually, not much happens during the first few weeks on the floor of the House or the… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist Once in a while newspapers print photos from long ago in their local sections and ask for identities. Do you try to guess who the people are in those black and white photos from yesteryear? It’s a guessing game most of the time, but once in a while I… Read More

View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist Friday the 27th of January was International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The day was instituted in 2005 by the United Nations General Assembly to remember the 6 million Jews, two-thirds of the European Jewish population. that were killed by the Nazi Regime under the twisted leadership of Adolf Hitler…. Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune National debt has again become an issue at the federal level.  Congress has to raise the debt limit or default on what we owe as a country.  Failure to agree on a higher limit would likely have big economic implications for ordinary Americans, the U.S…. Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone With Democrats in charge of the Minnesota Legislature and governorship we’re seeing a rollout of their wish list in terms of social programs. Free school lunches, rental assistance, paid maternity and extended sick leave have been brought to the forefront so far and there will be more to come. Republicans… Read More

Reacts to letter to the editor… From Jim Thoreen,  Glenwood After reading Steve Nestor’s letter to the editor last week, I asked my wife to read it in order to get her reaction.  She said it was boring.  I agree. Farmers not getting a fair share Submitted by Joyce Blair Anderson Starbuck The National Farmers… Read More

Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator Is it time to prune? How should I prune? What should I prune?  So many questions surround the task of landscape pruning.  For many trees and shrubs late winter and early spring is the perfect time to prune them, but this isn’t the time for all species. Pruning at the… Read More

View From The Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist Land and Life. That’s the name of the new issue of the Minnesota Farm Bureau’s magazine. The new magazine also celebrates the 104th anniversary of the organization. Minnesota’s first County Farm Bureau was formed in 1913 in Traverse County. By 1917 there were over a dozen County Farm Bureaus… Read More