Paul D. Mitchell, Agricultural and Applied Economics, UW-Madison and Division of Extension, Renk Agribusiness Institute, 608-265-6514 pdmitchell@wisc.edu Joy Kirkpatrick, Center for Dairy Profitability, UW-Madison and Division of Extension, 608-263-3485 joy.kirkpatrick@wisc.edu PDF Version Interview with …
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Families First Coronavirus Recovery Act: Legal Obligations for Farms with Employees during COVID-19
Paul D. Mitchell, Agricultural and Applied Economics, UW-Madison and Division of Extension Office: (608) 265-6514 Email: pdmitchell@wisc.edu PDF Version The Families First Coronavirus Recovery Act (FFCRA) temporarily requires some employers to provide employees up to …
COVID-19: Social Distancing for Farmers
Paul D. Mitchell, Agricultural and Applied Economics, UW-Madison and Division of Extension Office: (608) 265-6514 Email: pdmitchell@wisc.edu PDF Version Governor Ever’s Safer-at-Home declaration includes agriculture as an essential business, meaning that as many of us …
Does the US public support using gene drives to control agricultural pests?
Blog post from North Carolina State University’s Genetic Engineering and Society Center about our recent paper in Science Advances.
U.S. farmers, battered by low commodity prices and trade war, brace for things to get worse
The U.S. Farm Belt, already battered by low commodity prices, the trade war and mounting bankruptcies, is bracing for even worse times ahead.