The Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Wednesday amid continued uncertainty in the rural economy. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says it was the first benchmark rate cut since December. “That brings down short-term interest rates, but long-term interest rates moved up. Not much, but a little bit.” He tells Brownfield the Fed signaled that […]
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Wisconsin’s next Alice in Dairyland is Anastasia Poull. Poull grew up near Port Washington and was attracted to agriculture at a
Missouri farmers have resumed spring planting following multiple weeks of cool, wet conditions. Nathan Alpers is in Cooper County. He tells
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