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Ag Newswire

• Comments Open for Special Registration of Potato Pesticide

  May 22, 2013

  The public can comment until May 24 on a proposed special pesticide registration to help potato growers control early and late blight in their crops.

  The special registration proposed by the Department of Agricultu … Read full story.

• Madison to Host ACS 30th Anniversary: In a Dairy State of Mind, The Annual American Cheese Society Conference & Competition

  May 21, 2013

  Madison, Wis., will welcome cheesemakers and cheese industry professionals from around the country this summer for the 30th Annual American Cheese Society (ACS) Conference, to be held July 31-August 3 at Monona Terrac … Read full story.

• Farm Bureau Reaches Out To Storm Victims

  May 21, 2013

  A message from Oklahoma Farm Bureau:

  “Throughout much of the history of this great state, the family members of Oklahoma Farm Bureau have worked together, sharing the joys, and the sufferings that accompany every … Read full story.

• Fountain City Student is Ag in the Classroom Essay Winner

  May 21, 2013

  Carter Schmitt, a fourth grade student from Fountain City, is the statewide winner of the Ag in the Classroom essay contest. Wisconsin fourth and fifth graders were asked to write a 100 to 300 word essay with the them … Read full story.

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At The Capitol

• Statement on Senate Approval of WRDA

  May 17, 2013

  Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation President Jim Holte issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Senate’s passage of S. 601, the Water Resources Development Act:
  “This is a long-sought legislative priority … Read full story.

• AFBF Urges Congress to Keep Current Tax Tools

  May 16, 2013

  Farmers and ranchers need a tax code to manage the risks associated with agriculture while complying with tax liabilities, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. In a statement filed today with the House Wa … Read full story.

• Wisconsin Farm Bureau Statement on Senate, House Ag Committees’ Approval of Farm Bill

  May 16, 2013

  Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation President Jim Holte issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Senate and House Agriculture Committees passing their version of the U.S. farm bill:
  “As farmers across Wiscons … Read full story.

• WRDA Passage Essential for Economic Growth

  May 7, 2013

  Passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2013 (S. 601), is essential to America’s economic growth, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.

  In a joint letter with 20 other agricultural groups, A … Read full story.

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