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Amie Simpson Anchor/Reporter will be on the ground in Jackson and Washington Counties in Indiana for the Purdue Farm Management Tour, July 11, 2023. ...

Missouri Governor Mike Parson says the state’s farmers and ranchers will now have access to water and hay in state parks and special hay hauling permits as the drought continues. Producers must contact the Department of Conservation’s area managers before collecting water from state parks during operational hours and the water is not available for resale. Seventeen state parks can be hayed with a special permit. To obtain special hay […]

The 2023 World Livestock Auctioneer Champion is Jacob Massey of Petersburg, Tennessee.  Massey has participated in the contest for more than a decade and in 2022 was named the Runner-up Reserve Champion (3rd place).  Massey will spend the next year sharing his auctioneering skills with other livestock auctions around the country Massey graduated from the North Georgia School of Auctioneering in 2007, was the 2009 Tennessee State Champion, previously named […]

A U.S. Representative from Missouri is co-sponsoring a bill that would repeal a new antibiotic guidance in place this week for livestock producers. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration now requires livestock producers to have a veterinarian’s prescription to use injectable and oral antimicrobials including penicillin, tetracycline and sulfa products. The guidance was issued in response to concerns about antimicrobial resistance and is another phase of the Veterinary Feed Directive […]

The CEO of Kansas Wheat says there could be less winter wheat acres in 2024 as some farmers may plant other crops due to recent moisture. Justin Gilpin says the rain will recharge soil profiles and producers may use that to their advantage. “Where you had abandoned fields that were going to sit fallow until being planted for wheat again this fall because of the moisture situation, it’s created an […]

The USDA is awarding $3 million for regional grants to build soil survey research and data collection. The Natural Resources Conservation Service plans to fund projects that address emerging issues such as urban soil surveys, climate, or soil biodiversity and crossover into ecological sites and soil surveys. The agency also wants to enhance collaborative efforts that provide practical tools and long-term monitoring across different regions of the U.S. Projects will […]

A U.S. Representative from Minnesota says lawmakers are considering ways to continue to improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in the next farm bill. Brad Finstad is the chairman of the House Ag Subcommittee on Nutrition. “We’re just trying to make sure we take a closer look at things like eligibility, program integrity and are we getting the most bang for the buck? Are we targeting dollars to the most […]

6/12/23 Compeer donates to UW Platteville dairy pilot plant – Photo by Paul-Erickson/UW Platteville The University of Wisconsin Platteville received a major contribution for its planned dairy pilot plant and training center.  The one-million-dollar gift is the largest grant ever given by the Compeer Financial Fund for Rural America. Doctor Tera Montgomery is a Professor of Dairy and Animal Science and the incoming UW-Platteville School of Agriculture Director. She says, […]

A national FFA officer says the organization has helped young people like himself get exposed to opportunities in agriculture.  Ryan Williamson is the National Western Region Vice President. He tells Brownfield, “I grew up inside the city limits of kind-of a medium-sized town in Texas of about ten thousand people, and I raised rabbits in my backyard as my supervised agriculture experience project because that was my connection to agriculture. […]