Biden’s tax plan looks to rob future generations of farmers
The outcome of the upcoming presidential election stands to drastically impact Americans’ checkbooks. Both the individual income tax rate and the ability to transfer wealth between generations could be greatly affected if former vice president...
Drought conditions persist
“Drought is looking likely into spring and possibly into next summer for the western U.S.” This critical status report was presented by Steph McAfee, associate professor from the University of Nevada Reno. McAfee was also…
USDA announces new crop insurance product
The Agriculture Department’s Risk Management Agency this week announced that a new federal crop insurance product, the Enhanced Coverage Option (ECO), will be available for 31 spring-planted crops for the 2021 crop year and is…
The Voice: Rural Colorado’s Frihauf auditions and joins Stefani’s team
When Lauren Frihauf, a 17-year old singer/songwriter who lives near Byers, Colo., auditioned for The Voice, she was hoping for just a single chair turn — just enough to get a spot on the show...
Greeley Stampede announces concert series performers
Let’s try this again. With 2020 coming to an end, we look with hopeful eyes towards 2021 and being able to celebrate our independence and western heritage at the 99th Annual Greeley Stampede. The Greeley…
Oklahoma to fill the NWSS gap
When Denver’s National Western Stock Show canceled its 2021 show in mid-September, it left a gaping hole in the beef cattle breeding world.
’Cowboys: A Documentary Portrait’
“Cowboys: A Documentary Portrait,” releases worldwide on Nov. 17, 2020, and the five year journey of the co-directors — Bud Force and John Langmore — reveals itself in the end product to be a trip...
Nebraska clergyman was instrumental in increasing knowledge of an uncommon sugarbeet disease
Sugarbeet seedling rust, caused by the fungal pathogen Puccinia subnitens, is a very unique disease of Chenopodiaceous plants that has rarely been observed in commercial crop production. The rust pathogen utilizes five distinct spore stages…
Groups announce the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance
An alliance of groups representing farmers, forest owners, the food sector, state governments and environmental advocates on Tuesday, Nov. 17 unveiled a set of recommendations to guide the development of federal climate policy.
Sustainability key to dairy success
The dairy industry’s goals for sustainability received a big show of support in mid-November, when the checkoff-founded Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The…
Heitkamp, Chambliss to chair BPC carbon solutions task force
The Bipartisan Policy Center has announced a new Farm and Forest Carbon Solutions Task Force to be chaired by former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., who is considered a candidate to be agriculture secretary in the…