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- Jessica Ryan USDA
If you have ever been "hangry" -- a portmanteau for hungry and angry -- then you know what it is like to be irritable, bad-tempered or easily annoyed. While being hangry may seem like an excuse for unpleasant behavior, research shows that hunger can cause shifts in hormones, brain processes …
- Sam Sasse Lethbridge Polytechnic
A Lethbridge Polytechnic researcher has been recently recognized nationally for his contributions in developing a lesser-cost, less-wasteful crop-testing method.
- Jason Maloney For Agri-View
Often we hear of resources being sucked out of rural areas. Local governments and residents are often strapped for the cash needed to buy necessary goods and services. Large tax burdens and depressed income levels are a topic for discussion in the countryside. So naturally when a new source …
- NICOLE POLLACK
Wisconsin’s tornado season looks different than it did decades ago. Tornadoes are beginning earlier in the year, and they’re touching down more often, although scientists aren’t sure whether those trends will continue.
- T.J. Mason and M.E. Uchanski Colorado State University
Weed management is a critical aspect of organic specialty crop production. Weeds compete with the crop for light, water and nutrients. They can negatively impact yield and overall quality in vegetable crops. It is estimated that weeds can reduce vegetable yields by 45 percent or more dependi…
- NICOLE POLLACK
The recent severe storms produced at least 24 tornadoes across Wisconsin, National Weather Service records show. That’s the average number of tornadoes Wisconsin sees in a year.
- Julie_Belschner
SAN ANTONIO – Fred Below doesn’t just talk soybeans. He covers a wide range of life’s questions but at the 2026 Commodity Classic he jumped on something important – corn.
- FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press
A recent trail of damaged homes and buildings dotted a wide swath of the United States after a burst of destructive winds and reported tornadoes tore off roofs, uprooted trees and rendered rural roads impassable with debris.
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- James Mintert and Michael Langemeier Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture
Farmer sentiment improved in March; the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index increased from 116 points in February to 127. The Current Conditions Index increased by 6 points, while the Future Expectations Index increased by 14 points. The Future Expectations Index this mont…
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- B.A. Mitchell and M.E. Uchanski Colorado State University
The 2014 Agricultural Improvement Act -- a.k.a. the farm bill -- established industrial hemp pilot programs with state governments and at certain universities. Colorado was one of the first states to create a hemp pilot program and Colorado State University was one of the first research inst…
A powerful severe weather system swept through the U.S. Midwest and Great Lakes region on April 14–15, bringing tornadoes, giant hail, damaging winds, and widespread flooding to multiple states.Â
- Sarah Pfaff-Cavadini For Agri-View
My dad, Tom Pfaff, wrote more than 100 love letters to my mother, Ann VanDunk, from 1960 to 1962. Dad, who grew up in Mindoro in western Wisconsin, was living in Albert Lea, Minnesota. He was working at the Wilson Meat Packing Plant as a hog buyer, saving money to buy a farm. Mom, who was ei…
- Ken Foster and Bernhard Dalheimer Purdue University
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- JOSHUA A. BICKEL Associated Press
Local opposition to solar has long been an obstacle for green energy developers in the United States, but some communities are working to reverse local restrictions.
Wayne Greier hoped to sign a deal with a utility to host solar on his acreage for some $540,000 in annual lease payments. But his community blocked the plan. A recent study found that there has been a 16% increase in local laws restricting renewable energy projects. (AP Video: Joshua A. Bickel)
- Jason Maloney For Agri-View
Almost everyone realizes that farmers have a keen interest in weather. So do most other folks who engage in outdoor endeavors. But not many decades ago the best a person could do to predict weather was to go outside and look up and around. And then Increase Lapham, a noted Wisconsin scientis…
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- Aerica Bjurstrom and Carolyn Ihde University of Wisconsin
Since the end of World War II, the number of sheep in the United States has declined from an all-time-largest number of 51 million in 1941 to 5 million in 2016. Several factors have contributed to that sharp decline, including competition from other meat and fiber industries.
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