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Agriculture
Animal Agriculture Alliance announces 2025 College Aggies Online scholarship winners
Northwest Missouri State University student and Tarleton State University club take home top prizes December 8, 2025 - Kaitlyn Ballard, a Northwest Missouri State University student, and Tarleton State University Block & Bridle took home the top prizes in the Animal Agriculture Alliance's 2025 College Aggies Online...
Dec 11, 2025
Leadership, Culture, and Next-Gen Growth at Vir-Clar Farms with JR Boyke
In this episode of the Uplevel Dairy Podcast, we hear from JR Boyke of Vir-Clar Farms in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, about coming back to join his family farm and growing into his roles as a manager and owner as the dairy has expanded and taken on a second site. JR discusses how his father insisted he gain experience worki...
Dec 11, 2025
FDA Conditionally Approves Topical Drug for Cattle for New World Screwworm and Cattle Fever Tick
Washington, D.C., December 4, 2025-Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration conditionally approved Exzolt Cattle-CA1 (fluralaner) topical solution for the prevention and treatment of New World screwworm (NWS) larval infestations, and the treatment and control of cattle fever tick in beef cattle 2 months of age and ...
Dec 11, 2025
USDA Launches New Regenerative Pilot Program to Lower Farmer Production Costs and Advance MAHA Agenda
(Washington, D.C., December 10, 2025) - Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, alongside U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced a $700 million Regenerative Pilot Program to help American far...
Dec 10, 2025
NewLeaf Vegetable Transplant Technology Launches in California
St. Louis - December 9, 2025 - Growers transplanting vegetables from the greenhouse to the field now have an additional tool to prepare for the unexpected during critical periods of transplant stress. NewLeaf Symbiotics, a biological technology provider and global leader of PPFMs, is launching a specific-to-vegetable t...
Dec 10, 2025
News from the Pack

Packers' Rhyan looking forward to Denver challenge
(LEARFIELD) - The Green Bay Packers are looking forward to continuing their run toward the playoffs and ending the Denver Broncos' 10-game winning streak on Sunday. Packers center Sean Rhyan knows they'll be facing a tough Denver defense but Rhyan said that having an outstanding defensive line to work against in practi...
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Jacobs misses practice, hopes to play Sunday
(LEARFIELD/247NEWSSOURCE) - The Packers are gearing up for a road game. Green Bay will head west to face off with the Denver Broncos on Sunday. Running back Josh Jacobs missed practice for the second straight day as he deals with a knee injury. Jacobs was aksed what's up with the knee? Jacobs has rushed for 817 yards w...
Dec 12, 2025

Packers/Ravens game moved, LaFleur talks Denver
(PACKERS/LEARFIELD) - The Green Bay Packers' Week 17 matchup with the Baltimore Ravens at Lambeau Field has been set for Saturday, Dec. 27, with kickoff at 7 p.m., the NFL announced today. The game will be broadcast exclusively on Peacock, with the broadcast also available on free, over-the-air television on NBC 26 in ...
Dec 11, 2025

The Fifth Quarter: Packers triumph over the Bears
(WNFL) - In the event you missed it on Monday with Matt, Rob and Eric on WTAQ, here is Monday's Fifth Quarter look back at the win over the Bears and this Sunday's contest.
Dec 09, 2025

Packers beat the Bears, move into first in the NFC North
(247NEWSSOURCE/LEARFIELD) - The Packers are now first in the NFC North after taking down the Bears 28-21 from Lambeau. Packers coach Matt LaFleur said that it was a great battle to the end. Williams tossed a pair of TDs to go with the interception for Chicago, which had a five-game winning streak snap.
Dec 08, 2025
Politics
Prosecutors need warrant to access files from dismissed Comey case, judge rules
By Jody Godoy Dec 13 (Reuters) - Prosecutors must return evidence seized from a key figure in the dismissed criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, but the U.S. Department of Justice can seek a new warrant for the information, a federal...
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'Pins on a Map': How Chicago students are tracking ICE raids
By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The windowless newsroom of The Phoenix, the Loyola University Chicago newspaper, hums like an old refrigerator. A coffee pot burbles in the corner as juniors Julia Pentasuglio and Ella Daugherty lean over...
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With Fed independence in crosshairs, will Supreme Court back Trump again?
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative justices appear ready to endorse President Donald Trump's power to fire a regulatory agency official despite job protections given by Congress. But they have signaled rel...
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US Veterans Affairs agency plans health care job cuts, WaPo reports
Dec 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions this month, the Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing an internal memo, Veterans Affairs staffers and congressional aides. R...
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Pinched by higher prices, many Trump voters say: Don't blame the president
By Julia Harte Dec 13 - When Ron Dailey goes out to eat, he is shocked by prices on the menu. "Breakfast is $20 no matter how you slice it," said Dailey, 63, who voted for President Donald Trump in November 2024. Dailey, a Denver-area resident who work...
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