…UCCE Advisors Dan Munk, Gene Miyao, and Roger Duncan, and Jeff Mitchell, of UCD’s Department of Plant Sciences. This team is conducting work to evaluate tradeoffs of winter cover crops…
Western View: Bee Colony Collapses Cause Found?
…and to regions that are not close to each other. Professor Roger Butlin, from the University of Sheffield in the UK, said that the study found that the combined impact…
Women in Agriculture Seminar Series This Week
…with speakers Shannon Grove, Assemblywoman; Roger Isom, Western Ag Processors Association; Annette Sweeney Iowa State Representative, Ag Chair will be replacing Brown. They will discuss why it is important to…
Ag. Secretary Tom Vilsack, NFL Comm. Roger Goodell and Partners Commitment to Youth
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and America’s dairy farmers will announce a significant commitment to child health and wellness through funding to support school nutrition in order…
$35 Million to Help Schools Serve Healthier Meals, Strengthen Childhood Nutrition
Amid pre-Super Bowl 50 celebrations today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell, and Paul Rovey, dairy farmer and leader of the National Dairy Council (NDC), announced the availability…
NFU Statement on Syngenta Merger
In response to today’s merger announcement by Syngenta AG and China National Chemical Corporation, National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson released the following statement: “Today’s announcement is cause for…
NFU’s Beginning Farmer Training Program 2017
…for the 2017 BFI class this spring. “Managing a farm today requires a wide range of skills and proper training,” explained NFU President Roger Johnson. “Farmers and ranchers must be…
Food Prices pt. 2
…could rise up to 3 and a half percent. Cereal and baked goods only about one percent. Forecast of course subject to change as the year develops. I’m Cathy Isom….
Women’s Conference Provides Management, Leadership Skills
…NFU President Roger Johnson. “Family farm operations and agribusiness board rooms alike benefit from the views and ideas provided by women in our industry.” The event, which began on Saturday…
Food Prices 2016
…Those factors are leading Kuhns to project a two to 3 percent food price hike. But it’s early and as we saw last year unexpected things happen. I’m Cathy Isom….
Pet Emergency Plan
The plan for your pet in case of a major weather emergency. Cathy Isom has more. This Land of Ours – Pet Emergency Plan In the event of a major…
Keeping Pets Safe During Winter
…down their feet but also their legs and belly and reduce any chance that they have of just licking their fur and ingesting some of these chemicals. I’m Cathy Isom……
World Dairy Expo 2016 Dairy Cattle Associate Judges Selected
…Canada International Junior Holstein Show Official Judge: Roger Turner, Sun Prairie, Wis. Associate Judge: Kelli Cull, Lomira, Wis. International Jersey Show Official Judge: Chris Lahmers, Marysville, Ohio Associate…
Dietary Guidelines
…making changes to their diets, first. Cathy Isom tells us the new recommendations on what we should and shouldn’t limit in our diet. Dietary Guidelines From USDA Dietary Guidelines website…