What's Making News
After 35 years in teaching, Paul Baker, Westview Junior-Senior High School agriculture teacher and FFA advisor, is retiring at the end ... Read entire story
After much deliberation and consultation with Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development's State Veterinarian ... Read entire story
This Week's Farm Operations
Another cold, wet week prevented planting progress throughout most of the state. Soil moisture levels decreased slightly from ... Read entire story
Persistent wet and cold conditions continued to delay the start of planting across most of the state. There were ... Read entire story
This Week's Market News
As reported last week, the Agriculture Department raised its milk production estimate for the first time in a while in its latest World ... Read entire story
The Agriculture Department announced the April federal order Class III milk price at $24.42 per hundredweight, up $1.97 from March ... Read entire story
Weekly Columns
One of the more confounding political riddles pundits love to debate is how Democrats "lost" rural America. If the past month is any indication, ... Read entire story
Cattle outnumber people in a total of nine states—Oklahoma, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Wyoming, North Dakota, Montana and Nebraska ... Read entire story