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AgriTalk Host Chip Flory and Pro Farmer policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer discuss plans Congress will probably have these last weeks of 2021, including the debt ceiling and the Build Back Better plan in the Senate.

Gratitude is like a muscle, the more you exercise it the stronger it becomes.

At the May 5-7 meetings, USDA will explain the rulemaking process for the proposed Federal Milk Marketing Order and allow proposal sponsors to explain their submissions.

The University of Minnesota has compiled important facts and figures that document the management styles, cow behavior and impact of robotic milking systems.

At a time when big Midwest grain crops are contributing to lower global food prices, the lack of rain in the nation’s biggest agricultural state is boosting costs for fresh fruits.

The horse slaughterhouse debate has reignited in Tennessee and elsewhere after a change in a federal funding bill to permit them.

Wire ReportsLOS ANGELES -- Meat in the U.S. may be widely contaminated with strains of drug-resistant bacteria, researchers reported Friday after testing 136 samples of beef, chicken, pork and turkey purchased at grocery stores.Nearly half of the samples -- 47 percent -- contained strains of Staphylococcus aureus, the type of bacteria that most commonly causes staph infections. Of those bacteria, 52 percent were resistant to at least three classes of antibiotics, according to a study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.DNA testing suggested the animals were the source of contamination. Environmental health scientist Lance Price, the study’s leader, said the animals most likely harbored these drug-resistant pathogens because they are fed to livestock to promote growth and prevent disease in crowded pens on large farms.

Added cow longevity makes it pay to graze for a New Zealand family transplanted to Missouri.

Europe has some similarities and differences when it comes to row crop farming compared to the U.S.