Daily update 5-15-20
Crop-planting is continuing in the region after a single wet day that some area farmers said was welcome moisture.With the progress, one … [Read more...] about Daily update 5-15-20
Crop-planting is continuing in the region after a single wet day that some area farmers said was welcome moisture.With the progress, one … [Read more...] about Daily update 5-15-20
President Trump says he has no interest in renegotiating the Phase One Trade Agreement recently signed with China.The president's … [Read more...] about President: No interest in renegotiating China deal
Dairy breakfasts have, during the past 30 years or so, become part of our social world in Wisconsin's rural countryside. Each June -- and … [Read more...] about Daily update 5-14-20
Fourteen major U.S. meat and poultry processing plants are reopening as a result of President Trump’s recently issued order for them to … [Read more...] about Some meat plants reopening
An old friend from Clark County predicted last week that they'd be going full-throttle on planting crops this week, and it appears only … [Read more...] about Daily update 5-11-20
A middle-aged fellow at Marshfield was running 26.2 miles last Saturday, the distance he'd have been running had a marathon he'd been … [Read more...] about Daily update 5-7-20
The new U.S.-Chinese trade deal, which is less than four months old, could be in trouble.Bloomberg News is reporting that President … [Read more...] about China trade deal could be wavering
The Purdue University-Chicago Mercantile Exchange Ag Economy Barometer indicates the coronavirus pandemic is affecting farmers’ attitudes … [Read more...] about Farmers’ attitude barometer lowest since late 2016
Farmers are known, for good reasons, for keeping up with what's going on with the weather -- especially through the growing seasons.Many … [Read more...] about Daily update 5-6-20
The Dairy Farmers of America Cooperative's partial purchase of Dean Foods Inc. facilities appears to have been approved. The cooperative … [Read more...] about Agreement opens DFA purchase of some Dean Foods facilities