Category Archives: Ag Newswire

Biotechnology and Agriculture (GMOs) the focus of panel discussion featuring academics, media and farmers Today, the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance® (USFRA®) announced its line-up for The Food Dialogues: Chicago panel taking place at the 2013 BIO International Convention on April 22. This program entitled, “The Straight Story on Biotech in Agriculture: The Media and its [...]

Public comments will be accepted until April 19 on a proposed special pesticide registration of Topsin®, a fungicide for use on ginseng. The special registration proposed by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection will allow growers to use the fungicide on ginseng to control white mold, Rhizoctonia root and crown rot, and [...]

April showers bring May flowers – followed soon by pests that attack those flowers, along with crops, forests, orchards and gardens. That’s why the U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared April to be Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month and is using the occasion to kick off its Hungry Pests campaign online to engage [...]

The April World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report released today by the Agriculture Department forecast tight corn and soybean stocks for the U.S., confirming the ongoing impact of the extensive drought of 2012, according to analysis by the American Farm Bureau Federation. This month’s WASDE report estimated an increase in 2012-13 corn ending stocks; [...]

The University of Wisconsin-Madison campus will welcome Terry Fleck of the Center for Food Integrity for a guest lecture on sustainability in modern agriculture on April 16 at 5:45 p.m. in room 1125 of the Biochemistry building. The event is being hosted by the UW-Madison Collegiate Farm Bureau and College of Agricultural & Life Sciences [...]

The new growing season is upon us, which means that it is once again time for USDA, NASS, Wisconsin Field Office to begin reporting the progress of crop planting, growth and development, harvesting, and current crop conditions. Spring was arriving slowly this week, with average highs in the 40s statewide and minimal precipitation. These below [...]

The Local Foods Team has planned three educational webinars this spring. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) encourages growers to register now to learn more about legal issues, marketing opportunities and labeling requirements for their business. On April 25, the Direct-to-Consumers Farm Legal Issues webinar will be offered by Rachel Armstrong of Farm [...]

If you’re a pig farmer, a new website developed by University of Wisconsin-Extension, Cooperative Extension’s Swine Team can be your resource to finding animals or items you need. “Pig Connect is an electronic neighborhood bulletin board where farmers can post information about equipment, show pigs, semen, breeding stock and housing related to swine,” said Zen [...]

NCR-SARE has announced the projects that have been recommended for funding for the 2013 Farmer Rancher and the 2103 Youth Educator competitive grant programs. More than 50 projects were awarded a total of more than $.5 million through these two NCR-SARE grant programs, which offer competitive grants for producers, educators, organizations, and others who are exploring sustainable agriculture in [...]