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Wisconsin facing agriculture agent shortage
News 8000 | Posted onMay 2, 2018 in Agriculture NewsSteep budget cuts have reduced the number of county agriculture agents in a key area of Wisconsin at a time when their knowledge and advice are in high demand. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that the UW-Extension is currently operating with 15 fewer ag agents than last year. Republic Rep. Todd Novak, of Dodgeville, says Grant, Green and Lafayette counties don't have a full-time agent despite paying the required fees for them. He says officials are in the process of hiring an agent for Grant and five other counties.
Perdue advised to change or remove Harvestland ads
Watt Ag Net | Posted onMay 2, 2018 in Agriculture NewsCompany says it doesn’t feel the ads misled consumers into thinking all Perdue chickens are raised using organic methods and is appealing National Advertising Division’s decision.NAD, a unit of the advertising industry’s system of self-regulation that is administered by the Council of Better Business Bureaus, stated that it found advertisements for Harvestland to be potentially misleading to consumers who might think that all Perdue chickens – not just those raised for the Harvestland Organic label – are raised using organic farming methods.The ads in question do display the Perdue Harvestl
New adults-only Iowa State Fair series takes fairgoers behind the scenes
KCCI | Posted onMay 2, 2018 in Agriculture, SARL Members and Alumni NewsThis year, the Iowa State Fair will feature a new adults-only Fair After Dark series, giving attendees a behind-the-scenes experience that they won’t get with regular admission to the fair. The first two events will be Animals After Dark and Agriculture After Dark. Animals After Dark will be held Friday, August 10. Agriculture After Dark will be held Thursday, August 16.Both events run from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. and cost $20 per person.
Next Generation In Agriculture Act Introduced
Beginning Farmers | Posted onMay 2, 2018 in Federal NewsA bipartisan coalition led by Senators Heidi Heitkamp and Susan Collins introduced the Next Generation in Agriculture Act (S. 2762), which will drive investments in the 2018 Farm Bill toward programs and policies that create economic opportunity for beginning farmers and ranchers.
Arkansas Farmers Again Lose Access to Dicamba
Ag Web | Posted onMay 2, 2018 in Agriculture NewsMonday the Arkansas Supreme Court reinforced a ban on dicamba products in the state, halting another judge’s ruling that would exempt some farmers from the ban. Justices stayed a Clay Country judge’s order that prohibited the state Plant Board from enforcing the dicamba ban. The freeze on the dicamba ban was permitted and Judge Tonya Alexander said farmers “face the immediate, irreparable harm to their crops” without the product, Arkansas Online reports. This freeze lasted less than two weeks before the Supreme Court overruled.
New York Governor Demands Immediate End to ICE Enforcement Actions
Growing Produce | Posted onMay 2, 2018 in Agriculture, Federal NewsFollowing reports of an increase in aggressive tactics in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids throughout New York, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo last week issued a cease and desist letter to halt the enforcement actions or he says he will commence legal action. Cuomo specifically cited the recent detaining and jailing of an employee at a dairy farm in Rome, NY in his letter: “On the morning of April 18, farmer John Collins heard a commotion on his property.
City upbringing, without pets, boosts vulnerability to mental illness
Science Daily | Posted onMay 2, 2018 in Rural NewsChildren raised in a rural environment, surrounded by animals and bacteria-laden dust, grow up to have more stress-resilient immune systems and might be at lower risk of mental illness than pet-free city dwellers, according to new research. The research also suggests that raising kids around pets might be good for mental health -- for reasons people might not expect.
Progress in Suppressing Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens
Egg-News | Posted onMay 2, 2018 in NewsThe Centers for Disease Control issued an update on the prevalence of drug resistant pathogens in their Vital Signs report. The CDC operates the Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network (ARLN) established in 2016 to detect and monitor antibiotic resistance with specific reference to carbapenemase genes.
Meat groups speak out on hog farm nuisance verdict
Meatingplace (free registration required) | Posted onMay 2, 2018 in NewsThree meat industry groups and the American Farm Bureau Federation are criticizing last week’s $50 million jury award to neighbors of a hog operation that contracts with Smithfield Foods’ Murphy-Brown LLC unit, calling the verdict “a blatant assault on animal agriculture and on rural America.“ The joint statement from the National Pork Producers Council, National Turkey Federation, North American Meat Institute and the farm bureau, released today, warned that the decision, if replicated, will raise the price of food for consumers and hurt farmers at a time when they are adopting technology
Judge upholds Klamath River injunction
Capital Press | Posted onMay 2, 2018 in Agriculture NewsJudge William Orrick has denied a request by Klamath Basin irrigators to suspend a court injunction that is holding up the irrigation season for farmers and ranchers.