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Risk Management to forge new agreement
USDA’s Risk Management Agency is trying to reduce the costs of delivering crop insurance. They’re currently renegotiating what they ...
Animal agriculture needs to let people know
Animal agriculture has come under increasing attack by animal rights groups for everything from management practices to their very ...
From conservation to climate change
The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) has an interest and involvement in everything from conservation practices farmers ...
U.S. should leave the white horse at home
Tamara White, Senior Director of Commodities for the Illinois Farm Bureau says that as the U.S. delegation heads to Copenhagen, without ...
Insurance deadline passage should not be problem
Farmers with corn still in the field do not have to worry about Thursday’s crop insurance deadline. Normally that deadline is when ...
Nelson re-elected to lead IL Farm Bureau
The Illinois Farm Bureau annual meeting wrapped up in Chicago on Monday, but before heading home delegates re-elected Phil Nelson of ...
Dawes County ranchers win NEFB award
A young ranch couple from Dawes County in extreme northwest Nebraska has received the Nebraska Farm Bureau’s Young Farmer-Rancher ...
Eating behavior of Millenials
In its report “A Look Into the Future of Eating,” NPD analyzed the eating behaviors of six generational groups and how these ...
Bringing religion into the animal rights debate
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) recently completed its “All Creatures” nationwide music tour. It visited some 35 clubs ...
Wisconsin Farm Bureau wraps up annual meeting
The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation wrapped up their 90th annual meeting in Wisconsin Dells on Monday. The organization capped-off a ...
Too many middle-of-night decisions being made
Why, if the United States Senate is doing business that will forever impact my life and the lives of every citizen in this country, are ...
Frye recommends watching for pricing opportunities
Water Street Solutions President and CEO Darren Frye says that although the economy shows glimpses of improvement, a lot of people are ...
Vilsack says rural America needs Senate bill
Ag Secretary Vilsack says Rural America needs the Senate health insurance reform bill to pass. He says the failings in the current health ...