Capitol plays host to visitors for Dairy Month in Michigan
The Michigan dairy industry rolled out the red carpet for Dairy Foods Awareness Day at the State Capitol on June 10. Its lawn was the stage for free dairy treats – everyone was invited to taste the temptation of Greek yogurt, sweet ice cream and creamy cheeses in celebration of June as National Dairy Month.
Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee recently traded his pigskin for a calfskin, so to speak. He joined students from Clark Elementary School at Kelsay Farms to celebrate June Dairy Month and to get them moving through the Fuel Up to Play 60 program.
Fair workshop plans to teach science through an Ag lens
Keeping middle school students engaged with science is essential to inspiring innovators of the future, and a free science workshop being offered as part of the "Year of the Farmer" gives Indiana teachers tools to teach science through the lens of agriculture.
Ohio vet’s farm death grim reminder of need for safety
Earlier this month a veterinarian was killed on his family farm in Madison County. Dr. Austin Ayars, 34, was found dead inside a grain feed mixer at his dairy.
Iowa State Fair Board dropping grandstand races in 2015 event
For the first time in its 161-year history, the Iowa State Fair will no longer have grandstand races, according to board officials, who voted to drop the longstanding events in February.
Consumer prices for livestock and poultry products in the United States are impacted by many factors, from consumer willingness to pay to the supply/demand impacts of export market changes.
Foreign meat and chicken sold in the United States would no longer be labeled as from another country, under emergency steps taken in Congress to avoid the threat of financial penalties.
Senators try to push through measure to amend WOTUS rule
The ongoing battle over the U.S. EPA’s proposed rule regarding waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) continued last week, as the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works moved forward on legislation that would force the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers to rewrite the Clean Water Rule that became final last month.
Farmers seek aid from STB to settle grain rate disputes
In the first of three public hearings before the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) over a Congressional mandate to establish a unified rate structure for shipping grains last week, the farming industry called for the government’s help to resolve questionable rail shipping rate charges.
