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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 ...
Vilsack says health bill must pass
U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack tells Brownfield the health/insurance reform bill being debated needs to pass for the health of Rural ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dairy payments before Christmas, Vilsack says
Emergency direct payments to U.S. dairy operators will be delivered before the holidays. That’s the word from Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack, ...
Farm Bureau pleased with House action on estate tax
The House passed a measure Thursday making the current estate tax rate permanent. It locks in the current estate tax rate of 45 percent, ...
Wilson to challenge for IL Farm Bureau Presidency
Doug Wilson a 4th generation farmer from Livingston County Illinois is running for President of Illinois Farm Bureau. The former director ...
Ag land proposed tax increase opposed
A proposed increase in property taxes on agricultural land has the attention of Missouri Farm Bureau. MFB Vice President Blake Hurst ...
What goes on this fall will impact next spring
The delayed harvest and wet soils is becoming a topic of discussion in coffee shops and at farm meetings across the Midwest, in fact, Brad ...
Cattlemen react to HSUS “puppy mill” proposal
The Missouri State Director of the Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) has filed two proposed initiative petitions cracking down on ...