"In terms of the nutritional bang for the buck, there’s probably nothing better than a glass of milk," USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said recently when he addressed the U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce.
University budget cuts blamed on the state’s fiscal budget impasse are behind the announced shuttering of University of Illinois agricultural research centers.
Canadian university confirms gray wolf on Michigan tribal land
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced genetic testing had confirmed the presence of a gray wolf on an American Indian reservation in Harbor Springs.
FWS determining endangered status of four Midwest species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will assess the status of four wildlife species found in the Midwest to determine whether protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is warranted.
Indiana AgriNovus seeks more investors, players for 2016-17
Nearly a year after breaking onto the Indiana business and education scene, the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership’s (CICP) AgriNovus initiative is still gauging the state’s agricultural riches – but also trying to turn data into action.
Report says several chains still using antibiotic meats
Despite growing pressure on restaurants to source different meat products, chances are that eating from a fast food chain still means ingesting meat with antibiotics given to farm animals.
As harvest kicked into high gear across Illinois, growers are seeing how yields could vary greatly thanks to Mother Nature’s wet imprint left at the start of the growing season.
The dust is flying as combines kick it into gear in Michigan, with soybean harvest underway. Sunny days in the 70s and cool nights in the 50s was perfect weather to begin.
A windy, warm and mostly dry week aided crop maturity for the one ending Sept. 20, according to the Iowa Crop & Weather report, with growers preparing farm equipment for the upcoming harvest.
