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Agriculture
Identify animal agriculture's "big, hairy, audacious goal" at 2024 Stakeholders Summit
April 24, 2024 - J.J. Jones, executive director of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA), will guide attendees in identifying animal agriculture's "big, hairy, audacious goal" in the closing session of the Animal Agriculture Alliance's 2024 Stakeholders Summit. Registration for the event, set f...
Apr 25, 2024
FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative Appoints Mick Homb as New General Manager
Madison, Wis. [April 24, 2024] - FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative proudly announces Mick Homb as the newly appointed General Manager, bringing expertise and a proven track record to lead the cooperative into its next chapter of growth and success. Having served as the Director of Milk Marketing for the cooperative's Family ...
Apr 24, 2024
2024 PDP Accelerate™ to Provide Full Day of Training, Networking for Agriculture Industry Interns
DAIRY NEWS - Internships have become a critical part of building skills and preparing students for the workforce. A one-day program presented by the Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) will give agriculture sector interns the tools they need to set themselves apart and excel after college. PDP Accelerate is set fo...
Apr 24, 2024
Gov. Evers, DNR Encourage Wisconsinites to Take Action to Celebrate Earth Week
MADISON - Gov. Tony Evers today shared a video message inviting Wisconsinites to celebrate Earth Day and Earth Week by taking action around their own homes and communities to reduce waste, recycle, conserve water, and take small steps that can make a big impact to protect the planet. The governor's video message is ava...
Apr 24, 2024
Gov. Evers Announces Wisconsin Awarded $62 Million Federal Solar for All Grant
MADISON - Gov. Tony Evers announced today, as the state and country celebrate Earth Week, that Wisconsin is receiving a grant of $62.4 million from the Biden-Harris Administration to help fund solar systems for low- and moderate-income households across Wisconsin. Wisconsin is among 60 states, territories, Tribal gover...
Apr 24, 2024
News from the Pack
Packers Go Big With OT Jordan Morgan
DETROIT, MI (WTAQ) - It's been a dozen years since the Green Bay Packers selected an offensive lineman in the first round of the NFL draft but General Manager Brian Gutekunst pared veteran depth in the off-season up front, letting go of David Bakhtiari, letting Jon Runyan sign with the Giants and Yosh Nijman off to Cha...
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Packers add some beef
The offensive line is still expected to be a high priority for Green Bay packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst at next week's NFL draft after letting go David Bakhtiari, Jon Runyan and Yosh Nijman this off-season. Gutekunst added some veteran insurance Thursday by signing five year veteran free agent Andre Dillard...
Apr 19, 2024
The Boys are back in town
The Green Bay Packers get together for the first time today as they begin their off-season workout and conditioning program at Lambeau Field and the Don Hutson Center. This year's program is led by the team's new Strength and Conditioning Coach Aaron Hill who took over for Chris Gizzi who was let go by Head Coach Mat...
Apr 15, 2024
League Meeting Wrap
The NFL's annual League meetings have wrapped up in Orlando, Florida and the Green Bay Packers finished their stay by signing a veteran kicker. Former Minnesota Vikings kicker Greg Joseph has been brought on board to push Anders Carlson to push a few more kicks between the uprights. Last year's sixth round draft c...
Mar 27, 2024
Report: AJ Dillon to re-sign with the Packers
(WNFL) - Various NFL media reports state that the Green Bay Packers will re-sign running back AJ Dillon, pending passing a physical. The running back split time with Aaron Jones last season, who left for the Vikings. Dillon racked up 613 yards and two touchdowns as a change-of-pace back. Green Bay signed former Raider ...
Mar 15, 2024
Politics
Biden appears in live interview with Howard Stern
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Joe Biden appeared on a live radio broadcast with interviewer Howard Stern on Friday, telling family stories and saying his stutter prepared him for the hard knocks of life. Biden said the stutter that he has had sinc...
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Biden says he plans to debate Trump
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that he would participate in a debate with Donald Trump, his Republican opponent in November's election. "I don't know when," Biden said in an interview with broadcaster Howard Stern in h...
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Trump allies drafting plans to erode Fed's independence, WSJ reports
(Reuters) -The allies of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump are drafting proposals that would attempt to erode the Federal Reserve's independence if he wins, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matt...
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Former tabloid publisher to face more questions in Trump hush-money trial
By Jack Queen, Jody Godoy and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker will answer more questions about his efforts to suppress damaging information about Donald Trump during the 2016 election, as the forme...
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Analysis-Trump election subversion case bogs down as allies' legal woes grow
By Andrew Goudsward, Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump got another break when the U.S. Supreme Court signaled some support for his immunity claim, even as more of his allies faced prosecution for the former president'...
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