Indy sheep show hosts record number of young participants
Earlier in July, more than 650 children, teens and young adults participated in the largest junior sheep exhibition in the country – the All-American Junior Sheep Show, staged this year in Indianapolis for its 25th anniversary.
The Ohio Corn and Wheat Growers Assoc. (OCWGA) announced support for the efforts of Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) to, as it said, improve the lives of American farmers.
McKinney brings enthusiasm to overseas efforts to sell ag
USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney held a news conference last week highlighting his most recent trade mission, this time to Indonesia.
USDA funds first swine genomic center, at Iowa State University
Iowa State University will become the home to the nation’s first Swine Genomic Center of Excellence, devoted to understanding the genomic mechanisms governing key genetic traits such as growth and disease resistance, the USDA announced.
Worries about 2019 renewal of dicamba, with complaints
A winter full of voluntary label interpretation and stewardship meetings for applicators and farmers who wanted to apply dicamba-based herbicides to soybeans in 2018 may not have done enough to help extend the product’s two-year trial period.
ERS studies impact of tax relief measure on farmers
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) would have lowered the average effective tax rate for farmers had it been effect in 2016, according to a USDA report on the impact of the tax relief package.
InfoAg: Farmers have many options for their digital data
Digital farm data quality, use and access continue to be a growth market across agriculture, spurring new product offerings from ag software companies – and leaving producers to sort out the best data management options for their operation.
Corteva pest expert nominated for chief scientist slot at USDA
If confirmed by the Senate to be the nation’s top USDA scientist, a leading DowDuPont farm pesticide expert will become the third major executive from the company’s pesticide/seed division to join the federal agency.
BOAH set to finalize new test rule on bovine TB, for dairies
In this month’s quarterly meeting of Indiana’s State Board of Animal Health (BOAH), its members discussed the present highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) situation and other topics, adopted a new rule and considered another new rule pertaining to bovine tuberculosis (TB).
