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Tuesday, September 16, 2025 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Value-added products can be an important part of a farm business. But current consumer trends have made lard- and tallow-based products especially hot commodities. Laura has been tapping into this market demand for years by making her own range of lard-based products to sell alongside her ready-to-eat products. She sells both types online and through […]

Wednesday, July 10, 2024 @ 10:30 am – 2:00 pm –

This field day will visit two sites. We’ll start at the Kittleson Farms site, at 3622 Dogwood Ave, to discuss machinery and crop fields, followed by lunch at noon. Then we’ll move to Fertile Valley Gardens, at 3551 Dogwood Ave., to see Ron’s vegetable handling and packing facility.

Friday, June 21, 2019 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm –

Come for a tour of Bode’s Moonlight Gardens’ new packshed/home and learn about their ongoing vegetable production for direct market and their pumpkin production for wholesale.

Saturday, September 13, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Anne and Landon Plagge organized a group of 85 farmers and community members to bring a new farmer-owned grain milling facility to Albert Lea, Minnesota. The new facility, Green Acres Milling, will break ground this year. When it’s complete, it will handle 4 million bushels of oats annually, producing domestically sourced oat groats, flakes and […]

PFI Farminars are held every Tuesday at 7 p.m. CST, each focusing on a unique production or business management topic. All presentations are led by an experienced farmer or subject-matter expert, and attendees are able to ask questions in real time using a chatbox while they listen and watch a slideshow. The presentations are free for anyone with an internet connection.

Tuesday, November 13, 2018 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm –

PFI Farminars are held every Tuesday at 7 p.m. CST, each focusing on a unique production or business management topic. All presentations are led by an experienced farmer or subject-matter expert, and attendees are able to ask questions in real time using a chatbox while they listen and watch a slideshow. The presentations are free for anyone with an internet connection.

Tuesday, November 20, 2018 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm –

PFI Farminars are held every Tuesday at 7 p.m. CST, each focusing on a unique production or business management topic. All presentations are led by an experienced farmer or subject-matter expert, and attendees are able to ask questions in real time using a chatbox while they listen and watch a slideshow. The presentations are free for anyone with an internet connection.

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm –

PFI Farminars are held every Tuesday at 7 p.m. CST, each focusing on a unique production or business management topic. All presentations are led by an experienced farmer or subject-matter expert, and attendees are able to ask questions in real time using a chatbox while they listen and watch a slideshow. The presentations are free for anyone with an internet connection.

Tuesday, December 4, 2018 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm –

PFI Farminars are held every Tuesday at 7 p.m. CST, each focusing on a unique production or business management topic. All presentations are led by an experienced farmer or subject-matter expert, and attendees are able to ask questions in real time using a chatbox while they listen and watch a slideshow. The presentations are free for anyone with an internet connection.

Tuesday, December 11, 2018 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm –

PFI Farminars are held every Tuesday at 7 p.m. CST, each focusing on a unique production or business management topic. All presentations are led by an experienced farmer or subject-matter expert, and attendees are able to ask questions in real time using a chatbox while they listen and watch a slideshow. The presentations are free for anyone with an internet connection.