The Vice President of the Minnesota Farmers Union Gary Wertish who's one of over 700 people attending the first of several ag antitrust workshops being held in Ankeny, Iowa. says he's convinced stricter enforcement of antitrust laws will come out of the meeting.
Nebraska Cattle leaders are praising the bipartisan effort in the Senate by Ag Chair Blanche Lincoln and Senator Mike Johanns introducing a resolution to press Japan to lift its partial import ban on U.S. beef.
South Dakota legislators are working to wrap up most of their 2010 session in Pierre and the State Farm Bureau continues to monitor issues important to agriculture.
Farming can be a dangerous occupation and that has been highlighted by several recent incidents in the northern plains near and around grain bins and storage structures.
South Dakota Ag Secretary Bill Even is assembling a task force to create a model drainage ordinance that counties across the state can adopt in whole or in part.
Disaster aid for farmers affected by weather-related disasters is one step closer to passage after the Senate approved the package as part of the Tax Extender bill yesterday.
National Farmers Union delegates will tackle several issues as they gather in Rapid City Sunday through Tuesday for their Convention looking at health care, climate change and renewable energy.
South Dakota’s Young Farmer And Rancher Committee has been recognized by the American Farm Bureau for their innovative program last November that donated milk to Food Banks following the PETA protest in Rapid City.
Minnesota Board of Animal Health officials say they’re making progress on Bovine Tuberculosis eradication efforts in their state after an outbreak in 2009 that forced them to lose their TB free status.
A Bill introduced in the House last week that lifts the travel ban to Cuba in favor of sending more agricultural products to the island nation has oneFarm State Representative concerned.
The Nebraska Farm Bureau is supporting a piece of legislation that would give Natural Resource Districts in the Republican River Basin the ability to levy a tax on irrigated farmland.
Wheat and milk powder are among 100 U.S. ag products on the retaliation list issued by Brazil Monday in the long standing dispute over U.S. cotton subsidies.
