Wisconsin

Last week, U.S. Trade Representative Kathrine Tai traveled to Wisconsin to meet with dairy farmers. Several producers voiced their concerns and priorities for dairy exports, specifically when it comes to trade issues with Canada under USMCA ...

The 2021 tart cherry crop is larger than previous year crops by over two million tons. "That's really about half of what we would normally see for our tart cherry crop," said NASS' Lance Honig. "So this is the second consecutive year with fairly low production ...

House lawmakers from Wisconsin recently reintroduced legislation to establish the Dairy Pricing and Policy Commission. The bipartisan legislation was recently reintroduced by Democrat Ron Kind and Republican Mike Gallagher. Kind said the Commission would consist of a broad coalition of dairy farmers, processors, and industry experts to provide recommendations on how to address some of the bigges

The Oregon Department of Agriculture has filed a temporary emergency rule requiring all mink ranchers to vaccinate their animals against COVID-19. Officials are looking to stop the virus from mutating in mink and being passed back to humans ...

The new Idaho state Veterinarian is not a new name to the farming community in the Gem State. Dr. Scott Leibsle started with the Idaho State Department of Agriculture in 2011, and was promoted to the top vet spot on January 1st of this year ...

Pasture and rangeland conditions have improved across the central and southern Great Plains, thanks to abundant rainfall as of recent. "As of the 30th of May, we're seeing the good to excellent rating 31% nationally That's up 3% from last week, but we still see39% of the pastures and rangelands rated very poor to poor no change from a week ago ...

The latest federal data shows that the farmers’ share of the average U.S. food dollar has increased slightly. The USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) tracks yearly spending by American consumers on food, as well as how much of that dollar is captured by each part of the food supply chain. The age ...

The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty last week filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the alleged race discrimination in the American Rescue Plan. Specifically, the organization targets a provision to offer loan forgiveness based on racial categories ...

Legislation recently introduced by Representative Ron Kind looks to help address veterinarian shortages nationwide. He said the bipartisan Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act would lift the overly burdensome taxes on programs that encourage veterinarians to practice in rural communities ...

On Tuesday, senators Tammy Baldwin and Mike Braun introduced bipartisan legislation to help states rebuild stronger and more resilient roads, highways and bridges. The Wisconsin Democrat and Indiana Republican said the legislation will help states as they recover from extreme weather and natural disaster damage brought by severe storms, floods or hurricanes ...