The bipartisan Dairy Pricing and Policy Commission Act of 2020 will direct the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to form a commission to represent dairy.
Health concerns force the cancellation of the 2020 World Dairy Expo, something that hasn’t before happened in its 53-year history.
For many state fairs, they have made the decision to cancel due to the current pandemic and timing of their fair, other states are pending final decisions.
The thought of my girls not having the opportunity to show their livestock animals and participate in the Green Lake County Fair makes my heart sad.
Mental health is an uncomfortable topic both in and of itself, especially in the farming community, as is how to address it.
“When the land does well for its owner, and the owner does well by the land–when both end up better by the reason of their partnership–then we have conservation. When one or the other grows poorer, either in substance, or in character, or in responsiveness to sun, wind and rain, then we have something else, […]
Dairy industry representatives have been vocal about asking stores to remove dairy product limits because the supply chain backlog is a temporary challenge.
Even though the students may not be able to finish the semester as they expected, they haven’t given up on FFA and FFA hasn’t given up on them.
This is the fifth year of the pollinator garden, open to 4-H clubs, Ag in the Classroom groups, and FFA chapters in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Wisconsin.
The toxic beetles, which can irritate the linings of the stomach and intestines, can get crushed during hay harvest, and hay tainted by these beetles is believed to have been fed to the animals.