Ag Business Articles
Appointments Made to MN Board of Animal Health
Published June 28, 2023
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has appointed Steve Neil and Brandon Schafer to the Board of Animal Health. Neil is a cattle producer from Northfield and Schafer raises swine at Goodhue. Terms expired for Dean Compart of Nicollet and Jim Vagts…Wing, ND Ranch Featured in Feedlot Tour
Published June 28, 2023
Vollmer Angus Ranch was one of the stops on the North Dakota Stockmen’s Association Feedlot Tour. The tour highlighted the seed stock operation’s bull and heifer development facility, which was built in 2019. Co-owner Troy Vollmer said environmental considerations were part…Crop Insurance Favored Over Ad Hoc Disaster Bills
Published June 28, 2023
According to House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, 80 percent of the money spent on agriculture over the last five years has been outside of the 2018 farm bill. That includes disaster relief, trade mitigation assistance and COVID money.…A High School With Its Own Beef Herd
Published June 27, 2023
A program through the Kelliher, Minnesota public school is teaching students about the beef industry in a unique way. When agriculture and science teacher Amy Mastin was asked to start an ag program, she let her students help shape the…Homegrown Fuels
Published June 27, 2023
USDA is investing up to $500 million from the Inflation Reduction Act to increase the capacity of domestic biofuels. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said another $25 million was also awarded to build the infrastructure for higher ethanol blends. Roughly one-third…Broadband Across the Nation
Published June 27, 2023
The Biden Administration has announced over $40 billion to expand the availability of high-speed internet service. These projects are expected to be shovel-ready by mid-2024. The White House compared this announcement with Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Rural Electrification Act that turned…A Bigger Grocery Bill for the 4th
Published June 27, 2023
The July 4th cookout will cost significantly more than two years ago, but less than last year's record highs. The American Farm Bureau Federation marketbasket survey found families will pay an average of $67.73 on an Independence Day cookout with…A New NAWG Hire
Published June 27, 2023
The National Association of Wheat Growers has welcomed Jack Long as its newest government relations representative. Long is a recent graduate of Oklahoma State University and is from a multi-generational farm in Missouri.Seeking Dairy Checkoff Transparency
Published June 27, 2023
Two groups are calling on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to release the dairy checkoff program’s financial information. Farm Action and the National Dairy Producers Organization says these annual spending reports are mandated by law, but haven’t been released for the…