Minnesota farmers are hovering near 99% compliance with a buffer law that’s been enforced since 2017. That’s a sign of success in a state filled with waterways, wetlands and over 14,000 lakes that are ...

EASTON, Minn. — While he enjoys having a 'driveway' next to his fields, Joel Rauenhorst doesn't think the buffer strip he's required to have between his soybeans and a drainage ditch is the best way ...

WASECA — Gov. Mark Dayton's January proposal calling for vegetative buffer strips along the shores of every body of water in the state continues to be a hot topic among environmental and agriculture ...