Statement from Agriculture Secretary Vilsack on Senate Immigration Bill passage

On June 27, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement on the Senate passage of the Immigration Bill: “Today’s strong bipartisan vote in the U.S. Senate to fix America’s broken immigration system is good news for farmers and ranchers, good news for farm workers, and good news for rural America. The Senate plan would

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UConn Dairy Club & the Big Eats Contest at the Big E

by Laura Rodley

October 28, 2026

When the other cows go home, UConn Dairy Club members bring their beef and dairy cows to the Big E. “It’s the one week out of the Big E where there ar...

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Grassy Cow Dairy takes a disruptive approach

by Matt Volz, CCE Oneida Ag Community Educator

October 28, 2026

REMSEN, NY – Not many want to be labeled “disrupters,” but in Leon Atwell’s context of improving pasture fields, being disruptive and adaptive in his ...

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Stop it before it happens: What scammers do & how they do it

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October 28, 2026

The statistics are sobering: cybercrime was a $14 billion business in 2024. Worse, cybercrimes are no longer the work of teenagers in basements gainin...

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FFA President Coghlan Mullen wins at Big E

by Laura Rodley

October 28, 2026

Coghlan Mullen arrived in early October to show his hogs at the Big E in West Springfield, MA. His showed a hog named Amy, born in January 2026, of a ...