State law requires pesticide applicators to be licensed by the MDA to commercially apply pesticides and fertilizers, including weed and feed products. Applicators must know and understand state and ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture advises farmers and fertilizer applicators to check soil temperatures when timing application of ammonium-based nitrogen fertilizers this fall. “In areas ...

The government is likely to ask fertilizer companies to lift certain part of the production of organic manure produced by the compressed biogas (CBG) plants as there are complaints about ...

Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) Commissioner Thom Petersen today announced the launch of the Green Fertilizer Grant Program. The announcement was made at the Green Ammonia Summit in Morris, ...

Announced by MDA Commissioner Thom Petersen, the program offers grants ranging from $250,000 to $6.6 Million for agricultural and rural electric cooperatives in Minnesota. These grants will fund ...

The Green Fertilizer Grant will support agricultural and rural electric cooperatives registered as 308A or 308B with the state of Minnesota so they can invest in green fertilizer manufacturing. The ...

For information about applicator licenses, call the MDA at 651-201-6615. To report unlicensed applicators, file a complaint on the MDA website or call 651-201-6333.

3.2 Effects of different potassium fertilizer application rates on the yield of thin-shelled Tartary buckwheat. The number of grains per plant, grain weight per plant, 100-grain weight, and yield of ...

Farmers storing any amount of dry bulk fertilizer on the farm must get an MDA bulk storage permit. Farmers must also get an MDA permit if they’re storing more than 6,000 gallons of liquid ...

Through a request for information (RFI), the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) invites eligible cooperatives and other interested stakeholders in providing input to help the agency in ...