GREENWICH, N.Y. — This coming Tuesday is Election Day and Americans of all walks of life will be heading to the polls to cast their votes. With politics on many peoples’ minds, let’s look back at the People’s Party, also known as the Populist Party. This political party was founded by farmers in the late […]

LONDON (AP) — Russian hostilities in Ukraine are preventing grain from leaving the “breadbasket of the world” and making food more expensive across the globe, threatening to worsen shortages, hunger and political instability in developing countries. Together, Russia and Ukraine export nearly a third of the world’s wheat and barley, more than 70% of its sunflower oil and are […]

LINCOLN, Neb. — A dry fall and winter has most of Nebraska starting spring in a moisture deficit. As we head into the growing season, assessing pasture conditions at the correct time is critical to successful planning. How can you use trigger dates to inform your drought planning this year? One of the main factors […]

WASHINGTON — The United States and Japan have agreed on an increased trigger level for the implementation by Tokyo of safeguard restrictions on U.S. beef imports under a bilateral trade deal, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said Thursday. The new trigger level would make it difficult for Japan to impose an emergency tariff […]

MADISON, Wis. — Back by popular demand, Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin is giving away 500 heart-shaped boxes of Wisconsin Cheese, just in time for Valentine’s Day! This year, there’s an engraved heart-shaped cheese board inside, and the newly designed boxes feature an augmented reality experience. And as if that’s not enough – one lucky recipient […]