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 ...

WILLMAR, Minn. - While some parts of Minnesota farm country struggle with a new state law requiring buffer strips around pubic waters, implementation in Kandiyohi County's appears to be off to a good ...

WARREN, Minn.-Eric and Neil Johnson take pride in the land they farm. Driving through Marshall and Polk counties this week, the brothers from Warren often would stop to point out shelterbelts and ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D.-The buffer strip law in Minnesota has been a hot topic, but what exactly is it, why has it been so contentious and what's going on at the state and local level? Here is a guide to ...

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 ...

Most McLeod County land bordering ditches, streams, rivers and lakes meets buffer strip regulations implemented in 2015. The laws, which were championed by Gov. Mark Dayton, call for a vegetative ...

The law, which aims to slow down or filter runoff that contains pesticides, fertilizer and sediment, requires landowners to install the buffers at their own expense ...

There was free money on the table for farmers this year, but most of them left it there. Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s buffer strip program was designed as a reward for farmers who put runoff-absorbing grass ...

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 ...