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Women Leading the Way at Pagel Family Businesses
Last week, we brought you a 3-part series, as we celebrate the month of March: the month of women's history, International Women's day, as well as National Agriculture Day. What better way to do this than in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, at Pagel's Ponderosa Dairy, with three very special guests from Pagel Family Businesses ......
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Avian influenza detected in dairy cattle, no threat to dairy products or meat
An illness has been reported in dairy cows in Texas, Kansas, and New Mexico. Affected cows presented with decreased milk production, decreased feed consumption, and reduced rumen motility. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and ...
Mar 27, 2024
HPAI found in dairy cattle in Texas, Kansas, and possibly New Mexico. Milk and meat are safe to eat if pasteurized and cooked
From Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory On March 25th, the USDA announced that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was detected in dairy cattle in several southwestern states. This is the same strain of influenza A that has been circulating in North America since 2022 and is the most destructive foreign a...
Mar 27, 2024
Highly pathogenic avian influenza found in Texas, Kansas dairy cattle
From the American Veterinarian Medical Association On March 25 the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in laboratory samples obtained from some affected cows in...
Mar 27, 2024
STEM Week is Back at Farm Wisconsin
MANITOWOC, WI - For the fourth year, Farm Wisconsin Discovery Center will be hosting STEM Week from Wednesday, March 27 to Friday, March 29. Guests of all ages are welcome to engage in hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math activities relating to agriculture and food production. Visitors are encouraged to ...
Mar 27, 2024
News from the Pack
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
More comings and goings
Happy New Year! The 2024 National Football League calendar year begins today which is when all of the moves made across the league over the past two days can become official. It's been an eventful couple of days for the Green Bay Packers as General Manager Brian Gutekunst decided to part ways with several veterans ...
Mar 13, 2024
Gutey Dives In
GRENN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - And this was only the negotiation window. Nothing can become official until Wednesday but the Green Bay Packers still made more major moves in NFL free agency in the opening hours today than they've made in years. General Manager Brian Gutekunst cut ties with two of the best players at their po...
Mar 12, 2024
A Giraffe's Farewell
For a decade he was the great protector, then came a New Year's Eve he'll never forget and today, David Bakhtiari bid the Green Bay Packers farewell in a touching social media post thanking Green Bay for the last 11 years, "It's been a hell of a run", he said. The massive knee injury at practice on December ...
Mar 11, 2024
Politics
Trump can't match Biden's 2024 fundraising, Republican's campaign says
By Tim Reid and Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Donald Trump will be unable to match President Joe Biden's fundraising totals in this year's presidential election race, the Republican candidate's campaign said on Thursday. "We're never gonna be able to ra...
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US House to deliver Mayorkas impeachment to Senate April 10
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will deliver two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on April 10, House Speaker Mike Johnson told Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer...
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Obama, Bill Clinton to join Biden to raise $25 million at event with Queen Latifah and Lizzo
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will get a boost from Democratic predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton on Thursday at a fundraiser in New York slated to raise more than $25 million and add some oomph to Biden's 2024 re...
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Pennsylvania can discard undated mail-in ballots, US appeals court rules
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday rejected a challenge to a Pennsylvania rule that allowed the state to discard mail-in ballots that arrive on time but in envelopes with missing or incorrect dates written on them by vote...
Mar 28, 2024
Ex-Trump lawyer Eastman should be disbarred, California judge rules
By David Thomas (Reuters) - A California state judge on Wednesday said attorney John Eastman should be stripped of his law license for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election on behalf of Donald Trump. Eastman, a ...
Mar 27, 2024