| | | | | | | | | | Extension Welcomes Agriculture Educator in Northwest Illinois | | | FREEPORT, Ill. — Illinois Extension has recently welcomed Kathryn Seebruck to the staff in Jo Daviess, Stephenson and Winnebago Counties. As a Crop Sciences and Agronomy Educator, she will work with producers and agribusinesses in the area to support the production of row crops and forages. A nati... | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Compeer Financial Returns $150 Million to Member-Owners | | | SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — Compeer Financial announced the return of $150 million in patronage payments to eligible member-owners this August. This marks a significant milestone as the cooperative celebrates reaching $1 billion in patronage returns since its formation in 2017. “This remarkable achi... | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Sustainable Ag Grants Available from North Central Region SARE | | | ST. PAUL, Minn. — The North Central Region - Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR-SARE) program currently has four open grant programs to fund research and education projects that advance sustainable agricultural practices in the North Central region. Since 1988, NCR-SARE's compe... | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | US Establishes USMCA Dispute Panel on Mexico’s Ag Biotech Measures | | | WASHINGTON — United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai today announced that the United States is establishing a dispute settlement panel under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) regarding certain Mexican measures concerning biotech corn. The United States is cha... | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Innovative Collaboration with Homemade Results in Successful Consumer Engagement Promotion | | | ROME, N.Y. -- The New York Beef Council (NYBC) is happy to announce the remarkable success of its recent consumer engagement promotion in collaboration with Homemade (withhomemade.com). This pioneering initiative aimed to connect wit... | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Wildfires and Farming Activities May Have Link to Dementia | | | ANN ARBOR, Mich. — No amount of air pollution is good for the brain, but wildfires and the emissions resulting from agriculture and farming in particular may pose especially toxic threats to cognitive health, according to new research from the University of Michigan. Increasingly, evidence show... | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Newly Introduced Legislation Would Impact Program Payments | | | COLUMBUS, Ohio — New legislation was recently introduced in the US Senate potentially affecting USDA-Farm Service Agency program payment limitations. The Farm Program Integrity Act, co-sponsored by Senator Grassley from Iowa and Senator Brown from Ohio, seeks to limit FSA payment limitations to pa... | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Coalition Urges Congress to Oppose the EATS Act | | | WASHINGTON — Today a diverse coalition led by the ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), Farm Action Fund, Health Care Without Harm, and NRDC (Natural Resou... | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Archery to Annapolis: Jimmy Carter's Farm Life- Part 1 | | | GREENWICH, N.Y. -- James Earl Carter Jr. was born October 1, 1924, the oldest child of James Earl Carter Sr., who went by Earl, and Lillian Carter. The first president to be born in a hospital, Jimmy Carter was born in the town of Plains, Georgia. While Plains is considered his hometown, his family ... | | | | | | | | |
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