Beret Leone is a native Minnesotan who joined the WCCO team as a reporter in September 2022 - and she's thrilled be back home in the Twin Cities! Beret grew up in Chaska and graduated from Bethel ...

As Minnesota farmers wrap up fall harvest, many are celebrating a soybean deal with China. President Trump's trade war with China had put pressure on farmers across the state, but over the past couple ...

John Lauritsen has been talking with farmers about the new soybean deal with China. President Trump’s trade war with China had put pressure on farmers across Minnesota, but over the past couple of ...

Nebraska Public Service suspended the license of a grain company that does business in multiple states for nonpayment of nearly $2 million worth of grain. Other states also are investigating. General ...

Kaomi Lee looks at the impact of trade wars on local soybean farmers in Clay County. Kaomi Lee looks at the impact of trade wars on local soybean farmers in Clay County.

TRACY, Minnesota — Months into a trade war with China, steel grain bins across rural Minnesota sit plump with soybeans without a market, and farmers are nervously eyeing balance sheets. On Wednesday, ...

Paul Freeman's combine sits amid his already culled soybean fields at his farm in Starbuck on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025.

(BPT) - Couples everywhere strive to maintain household harmony despite their differences in habits, financial attitudes and approaches to life's ups and downs. But for many, there comes a breaking ...

Minnesota soybean farmers fear lasting scars from Trump’s trade war with China Farmers are already feeling financial stress, but they hope a deal might alter what they fear is a shift that will result ...

On his 2,200-acre farm near Brownton, Minnesota, Ryan Mackenthun — whose great-great-grandfather founded the farm in 1887 — says the weather couldn’t be better. Clear October skies and ...

Minnesota’s farmers are no strangers to tough times. Despite animal disease outbreaks and extreme weather like droughts and floods, our farmers have always found a way to continue feeding and fueling ...