January 2025

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the 2025 enrollment periods for key safety-net programs – Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) as well as Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC). Agricultural producers can submit applications to USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) for ARC and PLC for the 2025 crop year from Jan. 21 to April 15 and for DMC for the 2025 coverage year from Jan. 29 to March 31.

At Tuesday evening’s meeting of the Granite Falls City Council, Assistant Police Chief Mike Thull provided a report on the 2024 City Deer Hunt results. The hunt is a doe only archery hunt within the city limits.

The Land Stewardship Project (LSP) today released a strategic plan that describes how, during the next five years, the Minnesota-based organization will work with its members and allies to support the next generation of farmers and drive rural economic revitalization via community-based food systems, as well as help farmers adopt soil health practices that are profitable and that bolster climate resilience. The plan also lays out how LSP will work with groups led by people of color to organize around racial justice issues while pushing for fair market access for small and medium-sized farmers and fighting consolidation and the corporate-controlled industrialization of agriculture.

Valley City State University has released it’s President’s Honor Roll, Dean’s Honor Roll and Honor Roll for the fall 2024 semester.

Snowmobile enthusiasts still await a large, widespread snowfall, but are finding places to ride in some parts of Minnesota. Frozen lakes are seeing plenty of attention, as are road ditches and trails where there’s adequate snow. With a long holiday weekend on tap, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds riders to ensure their desire to get out doesn’t get in the way of making safety their top priority.

Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office