If your social media feed has suddenly filled with content about ultra-processed foods, you’re far from alone. Since Health and Human Services tasked federal agencies this past year with developing ultra-processed foods guidelines, the buzz has been difficult to miss. Yet, despite widespread…
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. – Most Midwest farmers have experienced crop damage due to deer. But how many farmers have experienced crop damage due to elk?
Farmer sentiment decreased again in June as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index declined from 119 points in May to 113 points in June. The Index of Current Conditions decreased by 5 points, while the Index of Future Expectations decreased by 7 points. June’s Current Co…
Pete Lewke of Columbus, Wisconsin, has created an agricultural coloring book he's sharing with area groups. Email pete.lewke@gmail.com to order copies of the books.
Editor's note: The first part of this two-part story was published in the July 2 issue of Agri-View.
As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence signing July 4, 1776, many are gratified that the experiment with democracy in the United States – based on the idea of inherent rights and responsibilities of each person – has survived so long. Sometimes it’s difficul…
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Fifty years ago a new word entered my vocabulary as our nation celebrated our Bicentennial, the 200th anniversary of the adoption July 4, 1776, of the Declaration of Independence.
Pete Lewke of Columbus, Wisconsin, has created an agricultural coloring book he's sharing with area groups. Email pete.lewke@gmail.com to order copies of the books.
Corn and the farmers who grow it have been a part of all the 250 years of the United States. From feeding a growing nation to foundational contributions to the early U.S. economy, corn helped make agriculture and the rural United States the backbone of the country, evolving from a survival s…
LA CROSSE, Wis. – “Buy a new milk truck and I’ll come back,” was Marilyn Smith’s reply to her boyfriend Vladimir “Bud” Shiftar back in 1950.
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Pete Lewke of Columbus, Wisconsin, has created an agricultural coloring book he's sharing with area groups. Email pete.lewke@gmail.com to order copies of the books.
As biodigesters go, Cornell University’s new unit will be small -- two 10,000-gallon tanks on a concrete pad that might not be much to look at. But that little system, which will transform food scraps and cow manure into energy, will have an impact far beyond its footprint.
The decision overturned a jury verdict in Missouri awarding $1.25 million to a man who said he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after years of exposure to glyphosate in Roundup.
BLUE MOUND, Ill. – Tom Ritter and his son, Cory Ritter, had worked together with their families every harvest season for the past 20 years.
Meet Robbie and Shannon Dygert, 13th-generation dairy farmers of Dygert Farms in Palatine Bridge, New York, an operation that has been in the family for more than 300 years. The original farmstead was deeded to the family in 1723 by the British royal family and has been run as a dairy ever s…
We are taught that successful people charge ahead. They are supposed to lead by taking the point. We often look to them for direction; we study their examples in history books.
McALLEN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is doubling down on its fight against screwworm.
Wisconsin dairy breakfasts celebrate June Dairy Month. Agri-View is publishing a calendar weekly in print, as well as online, with updates as we receive them.
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Recent moisture and wet ground has led to some producer questions about the cause, prevention and treatment of foot rot. Foot rot is a sub-acute or acute necrotic -- decaying -- infectious disease of cattle, causing swelling and lameness in at least one foot.
The first months of a calf’s life are a critical window for respiratory disease risk. Their immune system is still developing, making them especially vulnerable during periods of stress. Whether calves move through a beef stocker system or remain on a dairy, management decisions can shape ho…
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