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Van Orden Calls Out USDA for Abandoning Wisconsin Poultry Farmers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) released the following statement after U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack refused to answer a letter sent by Rep. Van Orden and a number of his colleagues in the House and Senate regarding the Pure Prairie Poultry bankruptcy that resulted...
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USDA Announces More than $2 Billion to Strengthen Specialty Crops Sector, Expand Crop Storage for Producers Following 2024 Natural Disasters
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2024 - Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the creation of new programs that will help farmers who grow fruits, vegetables, and nuts overcome market barriers for their products, and help producers access necessary pre-market storage for their crops following severe weather events, in...
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DATCP Announces Settlement with Roundy's for Product Weight and Labeling Violations
MADISON, Wis. - Today the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced a settlement with Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc. (Roundy's) resolving 1,202 alleged short weight package violations and 90 alleged package labeling violations. Under the settlement, Roundy's does not admit any vi...
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U.S. animal agriculture contributing to all 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
Nov. 13, 2024 - Today, the Animal Agriculture Alliance released a new report detailing U.S. animal agriculture's contributions to the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According to the report, U.S. animal agriculture is actively contributing toward all 17 of the SDGs, including Zero Hunger, Decent Work and Eco...
Nov 19, 2024
McDonald's USA, Syngenta and Lopez Foods collaborate to help produce beef more sustainably in the US
McDonald's USA, one of the largest fast food restaurant chains, Lopez Foods, a multi-protein producer and long-term supplier to McDonald's, and Syngenta North America, a leader in agricultural technology, today announced a collaboration that aims to increase feed efficiency and help reduce the amount of greenhouse gas ...
Nov 19, 2024
News from the Pack
Green Bay Packers vs San Francisco 49ers notes to know
(WNFL) - What do you need to know about this Sunday's Packers vs 49ers game at Lambeau Field? Green Bay is 34-28-1 (.548) against San Francisco during the regular season, including a 22-11 mark at home. The Packers have won seven of the last eight regularseason home games against the 49ers. Green Bay has scored 30-plus...
Nov 20, 2024
Packers' LaFleur talks defense against the Bears
(WNFL/LEARFIEID) - Monday news conferences with Packers head coach Matt LaFleur are interesting in that he has had the chance to take a look at the film of the previous day's game and get a more objective look at how the team played. One thing that excited LaFleur was the performance of DE Brenton Cox. The Bears were 9...
Nov 19, 2024
Fifth Quarter: Packers beat the Bears. Was it a good win?
(WTAQ) - The WTAQ morning guys of Matt Z and Rob Sussman get together with The Athletic's Matt Schneidman to talk about each Packers game. Monday's topic was the win over the Bears - the good, the bad and the Bears still ... well, you know. Information about tickets for the banquet, which begins with a cash bar at 4 p....
Nov 19, 2024
Green Bay Packers bear down to beat the Bears
(LEARFIELD/247NEWSSOURCE) - The Packers edged the rival Bears 20-19 from Chicago on a last-second field goal block at Soldier Field in Chicago. Cairo Santos lined up for the potential game-winning 46-yard field goal, but Karl Brooks broke through the line and blocked it as time expired. What was Brooks thinking before ...
Nov 18, 2024
Packers' Williams and Watson talk about the Bears, season's second half
(WNFL/LEARFIELD) - It's the annual renewal of one of the NFL's most storied rivalries when the Chicago Bears host the Green Bay Packers at noon on Sunday at Soldier Field in Chicago. Packers safety Evan Williams said that he's had an opportunity to get educated on this rivalry. The Packers enter Sunday's game with a 6-...
Nov 15, 2024
Politics
Lutnick's China ties draw fire after Trump taps him to lead US in trade, tariffs
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investment banker Howard Lutnick's exposure to China came into sharp relief on Wednesday, after Republican President-elect Donald Trump tapped him to lead the agencies that have become the tip of the spear ...
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Trump likely to pick Johns Hopkins surgeon, COVID mandate critic Makary for FDA, sources say
By Stephanie Kelly and Nathan Layne (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will likely choose Johns Hopkins surgeon and writer Martin Makary to lead the Food and Drug Administration, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wedne...
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Trump planning to tap loyalist Vought to lead OMB, sources say
By Gram Slattery and Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump is planning to tap conservative loyalist Russell Vought to be the director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, according to two sources close to his transition e...
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Joe Biden turns 82 years old, a first for a sitting US president
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden turned 82 years old on Wednesday, an age milestone never before reached by a sitting commander in chief. The president had no public events on his Wednesday calendar, having returned from a South America trip la...
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Senators want Biden administration to back hiking mandatory pilot retirement age
(Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators including incoming Majority Leader John Thune on Wednesday urged the Biden administration to back international efforts to raise the mandatory pilot retirement age. Last year, Congress rejected a push...
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