The dust cloud billows up behind your bumper whether you’re headed toward Katie Elvehjem’s farm or away from it. And on a Friday evening in spring 2024, Elvehjem was dreaming about leaving. “I felt ...

MCLEOD COUNTY, Minn. — Sarah Schmidt grew up a Minnesota farm kid in McLeod County, working her family’s dairy operation with her three siblings. There were chores at night and long days on weekends — ...

I didn’t grow up farming, so when I was first appointed to chair the Minnesota Senate Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, I made it a point to meet and visit as many Minnesota farmers and ...

After getting signed at age 21 by a manager who helped launch Lorde and Tori Amos, Anna Graves moved to Nashville and then Los Angeles thinking her music career was well on its way. Turned out, though ...