Wisconsin

The potato is one step closer to becoming the state vegetable of Oregon.  State Senator Bill Hansell posed this question before this week's vote.   "Should the potato the Oregon vegetable be, or not to be, that is the question before us."   Hans...

Earlier this week, senators Tammy Baldwin and Susan Collins introduced the bipartisan Healthy Drinking Water Affordability Act, or The Healthy H2O Act.  Baldwin, a Wisconsin Democrat and Collins, a Maine Republican, say the bill will provide water testing and treatment technology grants directly to individuals and non-profits in rural communities.  Current...

Earlier this month, U.S. House lawmakers reintroduced the Future Agriculture Retention and Management Act, better known as the FARM Act.  Republican Representative, Wisconsin’s Tom Tiffany said the legislation would eliminate energy tax subsidies for solar panels and wind arrays on agricultural lands.   “This ...

After last week’s proposed guidance by the FDA, allowing nut, oat, soy, and other non-dairy products to use the name "milk,” Idaho Senator Jim Risch and Wisconsin’s Tammy Baldwin formally introduced bipartisan legislation to combat the “unfair practice of mislabeling non-dairy products using dairy names”.  The Defending Against Imita...

A group of Senators is urging the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to take swift action to address the ongoing avian influenza outbreak.  The lawmakers recently asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to quickly use funds provided by Congress in the Fiscal Year 2023 Agriculture Appropriations bill.   Led by...

According to NASS, winter wheat seedings across the Northwest are up slightly from last year.  Oregon farmers planted 790,000 acres of winter wheat for the 2023, an 8% increase from this time last year.  Idaho growers seeded 770,000 acres, unchanged from 2022, but 8% above the 2021 crop.  Washington’s wint...

As you get ready for your holiday meal plans, you may be worried about supply chain difficulties, and higher prices.  One staple of this time of year that should not be a problem; cranberries.   "Cranberry production expected to be up this season looking at about a 5.2% increase," ...

Groups like the American Business Immigration Coalition Action, the National Milk Producers Federation, the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, and many others involved in U.S. dairy held a press conference on labor shortages during World dairy Expo in Wisconsin...

Leadership at all levels of the agriculture industry is essential to building a positive future for the next generation.  Like other membership organizations, Holstein Association USA depends on support from dairy producers who serve on its board of directors and other committees to drive its mission forward.  ...

Senators Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Joni Ernst of Iowa introduced bipartisan legislation last week to protect and expand access to high-speed internet in rural communities and encourage rural broadband investment. The Access to Capital Creates Economic Strength and Supports Rural America Act would provide regulatory relief to rural telecommunications service providers by allowing them to submi