...they can't perform elsewhere. Kevin Elfering, a meat, poultry and egg inspection supervisor with the Minnesota Agriculture Department, said Lee's business hasn't been up to code since it opened last September. Elfering ordered him to...

...least eight different slaughterhouses. Kevin Elfering, director of the dairy and food division of the Minnesota Agriculture Department, said the Albert Lea distributor didn't have records on the source of the meat it shipped to the Longville...

...active member of the Pine & Lakes Country Local Foods Group, which is an extension of the University of Minnesota Agriculture Department. He performs cooking demonstrations at farmers markets throughout northern Minnesota. Halverson Law Office...

...as normal. "We could have a straw shortage in the future," Williams said. According to the June 23 Minnesota agriculture department crop report, about 30 percent of oats were headed compared to the five-year average 36 percent, 14 percent...

...Cynthia King, an attorney in the EPA office in Chicago. Ralph Groschen, an ethanol specialist at the Minnesota Agriculture Department, said some ethanol producers are frustrated that they may be forced to pay penalties for violations that...

...said Warren Klammer, president of Minnesota Energy's board. At Pawlenty's behest, officials at the Minnesota Agriculture Department are trying to devise options to help the smaller, struggling plants. But Jim Boerboom, assistant agriculture...