MARION, Wis. – Jacob Harbaugh has a unique background compared to many of his peers in the Junior Holstein Association. His family owns only 20 head of Registered Holstein show heifers.
Some years ago there was a large gathering in what was then known as the Soviet Union. A brilliant man spoke for 90 minutes on behalf of atheism, attempting to persuade the crowd to deny religion. When he was finished a young Russian Orthodox priest approached the platform and asked if he co…
EUROPEAN UNION – Dairy farmers in almost all the 27 Member States in the European Union have recently taken to the roads in their tractors protesting against “daft regulations crippling their businesses.” Historically the French top the winners podium when it comes to challenging politics th…
STRATFORD, Wis. – In a speech to grazing planners attending a Grassland 2.0 Academy Field Day at Cavern Point Farm near Stratford, Rylee Nelson of Waupaca High School shared her hope that more farmers will use sustainable practices to improve soil health.
RED CLIFF, Wis. – Imagine taking waste whey and changing it into a valuable product. That's the topic of a May 15 presentation to be given by Curtis Basina as part of the Iowa State University-Extension and Outreach’s Dairy Team monthly webinar series.
SIREN, Wis. – It’s amazing what a dose of optimism combined with vigor, hard work and creativity can do. Of course there are those who would have us believe that doom and gloom lurk everywhere around us. Big problems, supposedly with no solutions, drive some to seek an easy way out by pinnin…
One of the world’s pharmaceutical giants is using dairy-cow manure and food waste to help reduce its reliance on natural gas as well as cut carbon emissions at the same time. United Kingdom drug company AstraZeneca is partnering with Vanguard Renewables, based in Massachusetts, to use biogas…
In spite of several bleak springs in 2021, 2022 and 2023, picking of wild morel mushrooms remains resilient. Awful was the verb most used by pickers and mushroom buyers to describe those previous years.
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Since late March 2024 the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and state veterinary and public-health officials have been investigating the emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in dairy cows, with one huma…
Farmer sentiment plunged in April as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer decreased 15 points from a month earlier to a reading of 99. The barometer’s sub-indices both declined from a month earlier, with the Current Condition Index at 83 – a decrease of 18 points – and the Fu…
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In the quest to optimize crop productivity across environments, soybean breeders test new cultivars in multiple locations each year. The best-performing cultivars across those locations are selected for further breeding and eventual commercialization. However a new study from the University …
Burak Aksoy, associate research professor in the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment at Auburn University, recently developed two novel products to help reduce waste in commercial aquaculture feed pellets and meat products intended for human consumption.
To study how parasites evolve to break the defenses of their hosts, the National Institutes of Health has recently granted the University of California-Riverside nematologist Simon “Niels” Groen a $1.9 million Outstanding Investigator Award.
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The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded the University of Wisconsin-Division of Extension a grant for $1 million to support a coordinated, inclusive and transparent process that engages communities in siting large-scale renewable energy projects across Wisconsin.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – An unusually strong solar storm May 10 – ranked 4 on a scale of 1 to 5 – posed a risk for high-voltage transmission lines for power grids, but not the electrical lines ordinarily found in people’s homes. Satellites also could have been affected, which in turn coul…
The first 28 days after planting are critical to building a corn crop’s yield factory. It's been proven that lower emerging corn plants make fewer bushels than early emerging plants. If producers get off to a slow start, they can still produce an average to above-average crop, but it’ll be a…
Fly season is here, and as a cattle producer, it can seem like it will never end. The external pests are not only a nuisance, but also they can negatively impact the productivity and profitability of a herd if not controlled properly. Choosing fly control products to fit an operation is impo…
Farmworker protections finalized
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