Farm Aid, the annual concert to support family farmers, celebrates 40 years. Newcomer singer-songwriter Jesse Welles — who has a large social media following — will join long-time musician activists.

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen admitted he got a little choked up watching Farm Aid finally come to his home state. The one-day fundraising festival was held on Sept.

Minnesota had to wait 40 years to finally land a Farm Aid concert, but it wound up getting an extraordinary one. It got a very Minnesotan one, too. There was a strong twofer of homegrown talent on the ...

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Farm Aid will hold its 40th annual concert later today in Minneapolis. The nonprofit was founded by musicians Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Cougar Mellencamp back in 1985 to support family farms ...