Finding good employees is hard, and keeping them is harder, especially if the farm is relying on foreign labor using visa programs. Lately, farming operations have been experiencing many more problems with the TN visa program for professionals with education and training such as veterinarians. Karen Gefvert with the Dairy Business Association and Edge Dairy […]
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A University of Wisconsin researcher says farm data might be going to people that shouldn’t have it. Bill Oehmichan tells Brownfield
A field agronomist in eastern Missouri says farmers should be monitoring soybeans for red crown rot, a new soil-borne fungal disease
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The director of the Gardner Agricultural Policy Program at the University of Illinois says Friday’s scheduled U.S. Senate vote on a Continuing
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Many in the food and ag industries are urging the newly established Make America Healthy Again Commission to prioritize sound science
