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It's that time of the year again. Agri-View offers a list of available agricultural scholarships.
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
An Englishwoman has traveled the full length of Great Britain, milking more than 10,000 cows in 10 days to raise money for a farmers charity.
- AgriSafe
Join AgriSafe to celebrate National Farm and Safety Week 2026. They will be hosting 11 live webinars Sept. 21-25. Choose the 11-course bundle to register for all the webinars or select only the webinars of most interest. There is something for everyone. Visit learning.agrisafe.org for more i…
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
United Kingdom supermarket Marks & Spencer is the first retailer there to use artificial-intelligence-powered technology to monitor the welfare of the dairy cows that supply it. There are a total of 46 dairy farms supplying the supermarket in Great Britain, each of which have now install…
- Anushree Mukherjee and Siddharth Cavale Reuters
NEW YORK — Oil prices increased Sept. 15 almost $3 after a report said oil loadings at Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port of Yanbu were suspended. And Libya halted operations at three oil fields, raising concerns that disruptions to key oil supply routes could persist for weeks.
- Elizabeth L. Cline Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
Standing under an eastern hemlock tree near a thicket of lizard’s tail in her backyard — a tick’s dream — Casey Hamaker had flashbacks to the day she first contracted alpha-gal syndrome. It’s a mysterious illness spreading rapidly across the United States.
- Johann M Cherian and Gregor Stuart Hunter Reuters
Artificial-intelligence-linked stocks have plunged worldwide after leaders of the biggest artificial-intelligence companies warned of risks from rapid development. It's the starkest threat yet to the billions of dollars being poured into the industry that have driven world markets to record highs.
- Wisconsin Farmers Union
When Melissa Mahon Stein was growing up, most of the adults in her life had their hands in the dirt. Her grandparents on both sides of her family were farmers. Her mom gardened, claimed she wasn’t great at it, but showed her the ropes anyway. Mahon Stein decided, when she was young, that she…
- Cameron Castille and Cydney Stables American Farm Bureau Federation
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- Laura Flandermeyer and Emily N. Bick University of Wisconsin
Northwestern-Wisconsin counties were recently impacted by soybean tentiform leafminer. Soybean tentiform leafminer was confirmed for the first time on cultivated soybean in Wisconsin by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. It was initially detected in St. C…
- Geitner Simmons University of Nebraska
Each calf, like each human, begins as an embryo. But important questions remain about the complex factors that shape bovine fertility and development during the earliest stages of life. Bit by bit, Jennifer Wood and her Husker colleagues in the department of animal science at the University …
- Ashley Dean and Erin Hodgson Iowa State University
Pollination is complete for most cornfields in Iowa, but it is still important to continue scouting for insect pests that may be robbing corn yields as the season progresses. Extension specialists do not recommend using foliar insecticides unless scouting determines a need to spray. Some pes…
It's that time of the year again. Agri-View offers a list of available agricultural scholarships.
- Jan Suszkiw USDA ARS
American scientific ingenuity in the form of sterile fly releases helped eliminate New World screwworm from the country in the 1960s. Now, U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service researchers are combining that ingenuity with next-generation tools to counter new resurge…
- Pat Melgares Kansas State University
Sandy Wedel's business idea was, at first, a modest one.
- Cameron Castillo and John Newton American Farm Bureau Federation
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Members of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection's Something Special from Wisconsin program recently placed first in all categories, including Best of Show, at the 2026 Wisconsin State Fair Grand Champion Eats and Treats competition.
- Tiffany Page USDA FSA
Meet Chris and Sarah Klawitter of Kountry Korner Floral in Polk County, Minnesota. The Klawitters began planting perennials in their yard to enjoy during the warmer months. What started as a passion project eventually became a business plan in January 2023, when the winter weather inspired S…
- Whitney Sawney Native American Agriculture Fund
The Native American Agriculture Fund recently invested $9,499,315 in grants through its 2026 Requests for Applications cycle, funding 26 organizations and 28 total projects that expand farmer and rancher access to capital. The grants reach Community Development Financial Institutions, Tribal…
- Marshfield Clinic Research Institute
Recent Wisconsin Farm Related Fatalities reports indicate that injuries and deaths remain a persistent issue.
