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Wisconsin Agriculture, Hunger Relief Groups Call for Action to Support FoodShare
Madison, WI - A broad coalition of agribusinesses and hunger relief groups today urged Wisconsin lawmakers to address an urgent need for $69.2 million in FoodShare funding, in the wake of federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) which shifted 75 percent of administrative costs to states. ...
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2026 Stakeholders Summit to focus on rising to the "high steaks" moment with cross-sector collaboration
February 11, 2026 - The Animal Agriculture Alliance's 2026 Stakeholders Summit will open and close with two powerful keynote sessions focused on leadership and collaboration across the animal protein value chain. The 2026 Summit, themed "High Steaks: Navigating Pressure on Animal Protein," is set for May 5-7 ...
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Beef Council Announces 2026 'Wisconsin's Best Burger Contest'
VERONA, Wisc. - The Wisconsin Beef Council (WBC) is excited to announce the kickoff of the 3rd Annual Wisconsin's Best Burger Contest. The Council is on a mission to find and celebrate the most mouthwatering 100% beef burgers crafted by Wisconsin's restaurants, bars and grills. Everyone has a favorite spot they choose ...
Feb 11, 2026
Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy Elects New Board Executive Committee
ROSEMONT, Ill. - The checkoff-founded Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy announced new board officers and members of the organization's executive committee, elected at its first meeting of the new year. The executive committee helps guide the board by advising on priorities and shaping the issues brought forward for full...
Feb 10, 2026
Tom Wild, Gary & Lynda Bula Enter WPVGA Hall of Fame
Tom Wild of Wild Seed Farms Inc., Antigo, Wisconsin, and Gary and Lynda Bula, owners of Gary Bula Farms Inc., Oxford, were inducted into the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) Hall of Fame at the industry's Annual Awards Banquet held February 4, 2026, in Stevens Point. The WPVGA Hall of Fame h...
Feb 10, 2026
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Packers pick their quarterbacks coach
(LEARFIELD) - The Packers stayed at home when choosing a new quarterbacks coach. Luke Getsy first joined the staff 12 years ago and has left a couple of times for coordinator positions. The Las Vegas Raiders fired him as play caller midway through the 2024 NFL season, and Getsy was brought in as a defensive consultant....
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Packers coaches keep coming and going
(247NEWSSOURCE) - The Green Bay Packers' coaching staff is still in flux. On3 reported that the team will hire Vanderbilt assistant coach Will Smart to a defensive coaching position. Smart spent one season with the Commodores as their pass rush specialist. In other news, multiple outlets report that assistant special t...
Feb 11, 2026
Packers notes
(247NEWSSOURCE/LEARFIELD) - Edge rusher Micah Parsons and quarterback Jordan Love are said to be working together in an effort to convince standout wide receiver George Pickens to move north. Pickens is set to become a free agent after a career year that saw him catch 93 passes for nine touchdowns and more than 14-hund...
Feb 06, 2026
Packers looking to keep Tucker Kraft
(247NEWSSOURCE/LEARFIELD) - The Green Bay Packers want to keep one of their top pass-catching options. General manager Brian Gutekunst said Wednesday that the team will begin contract talks with tight end Tucker Kraft soon. Kraft caught 32 passes for 489 and six touchdowns before he suffered a torn ACL in November. Gut...
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Matt LaFleur talks about his brother's new job
(GREEN BAY PACKERS/LEAFIELD) - Head coaching is a family thing for the LaFleur family. With Matt LaFleur coaching the Packers, he is one happy camper to see his brother Mike get the head coaching job of the Arizona Cardinals. What would Matt LaFleur have said 15 years ago if somebody told him both he and Mike would be ...
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Politics
Trump's Justice Department antitrust head Gail Slater stepping down
WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The Trump administration's head of the Justice Department's antitrust division said Thursday she is stepping down less than a year after being appointed by President Donald Trump. Gail Slater was confirmed in March to h...
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Anthropic to donate $20 million to US political group backing AI regulation
WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Anthropic will spend $20 million to back U.S. political candidates who support regulating the AI industry, according to a company statement released on Thursday. The company is donating to Public First Action, a politic...
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RFK Jr's vaccine agenda faces Boston judge who has handed Trump setbacks
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s sweeping efforts to upend U.S. immunization policies are set to go before a federal judge in Boston who already has drawn President Donald Trump's ir...
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Trump administration moves to fire new US attorney appointed by judges
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The Justice Department moved to fire the new U.S. attorney for the northern district of New York on Wednesday, the same day that federal judges unveiled his appointment to replace a prosecutor allied w...
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Four states sue Trump administration over cuts to public health funding
By Jan Wolfe Feb 11 (Reuters) - Four Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday that seeks to block the Trump administration from terminating $600 million in public health funding. In a complaint filed in federal court in Chicago, the states -...
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