Farmers are able to submit nominations for the 2025 Farm Bureau Farm Dog of the Year contest, which comes with cash prizes and bragging rights. This is the seventh year of the contest, supported by Nestlé Purina PetCare, which celebrates farm dogs and the many ways they support farmers and…

While cattle who contract highly pathogenic avian influenza have reportedly experienced nonspecific illnesses that include decreased feed intake, rumination, and milk production, most of these cattle recover in two to three weeks with supportive care.  Infections in humans have been been a significant factor, with one dairy worker who contracted…

With a $1 million Agriculture and Food Research Initiative grant from U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Iowa State University scientists and collaborators are leveraging the Swine Disease Reporting System to rapidly detect new strains of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus.  They have launched a…

Since the nomination period began for the 2023-24 Golden Owl Award, more than 1,100 teachers have been nominated by students, parents, and community members across 11 states: California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and South Dakota. This award by Nationwide and its state partners aims to…

Amid cattle depredation by wolves in Colorado, a bill to delist wolves as endangered species managed to slip through the U.S. House on Tuesday with a narrow vote of 209-205.  The bill from Republican U.S. Reps. Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin, named Trust the Science Act,…

Corn is harvested in Marion County, Illinois. (Image by Danita Delimont, Shutterstock) The nation’s farm bill, which officially expired in 2023 and has been floundering in Congress for months, is finally seeing some tangible momentum — at least from the outside looking in. House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT”…