May 15, 2020 Paul D. Mitchell, Agricultural and Applied Economics, Extension State Specialist, and Director of the Renk Agribusiness Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison Office: (608) …
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Navigating Farm Support Programs During COVID-19
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 …
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 …
Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) signup has started – Waiting a few months is the best option
Many of you may have seen the notices that signup has begun for Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC). This time around, farmers and landowners need to make their ARC/PLC choice only …
Gene Drives in Wisconsin Agriculture: What are they, and should you support it?
Mike Jones, PhD Candidate, NC State University Paul D. Mitchell, Agricultural and Applied Economics, UW-Madison For the PDF version of this post, click here! What is a gene drive? Gene drives are part of an …
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.
USDA ACREAGE REPORT SHOWS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PREVENTED PLANTING
According to the USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA)’s annual acreage report, Wisconsin farmers weren’t able to plant on 592,808 acres this year. Nationally, farmers reported 19.4 million prevented planting acres, the highest percentage on record. …
Can I Use Corn or Soybeans as a Cover Crop on Prevented Plant Acres?
Paul D. Mitchell, Agricultural and Applied Economics, UW-Madison Office: (608) 265-6514 Email: pdmitchell@wisc.edu Web: http://www.aae.wisc.edu/mitchell/extension.htm Want a printable version? Click HERE As many Wisconsin farmers are taking prevented plant payments for their insured corn or …