Wyoming Agriculture

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Wyoming Agriculture is the official publication of the Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation. Published 10 times per year with combined July/August and December/January issues, this newspaper reaches over 12,000 families throughout Wyoming.


Kerin Clark, Editor.
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kclark@wyfb.org
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May 2013

  • Recent storms increase snowpack
  • Will America end up with an emperor?
  • Today's Ag:  Friend of Wildlife
  • YF&R Committee shares Farm Bureau with FFA
  • Brucellosis update
  • ACFB holds local discussion meet

April 2013

  • Legislative Review
  • Equal access to justice for a few
  • Legislative interim topics
  • New Member Benefit with Case-IH
  • YF&R State Chair reflections
  • 2012 Photo Contest Winners

March 2013

  • Farm Bureau members attend WyFB Legislative Meeting
  • Congressional Delegation address Farm Bureau members
  • Governor Mead speaks to Farm Bureau members
  • Agriculture transportation rules discussed by WyDOT panel
  • Final animal disease traceability rule
  • Generations Nourishing Generations
  • WyFB YF&R contestant Kaitlynn Glover advances to "Sweet 16" in AFBF Collegiate Discussion Meet

February 2013

  • WyFB Legislative Meeting scheduled for Feb. 18-19
  • Wyoming Agricultural Literacy Week is "Feb. 11-16
  • AFBF delegates set policy
  • YF&R Conference report and Celebrating 10 Years of WyFB YF&R program
  • WyFB and county Farm Bureau scholarships

December 2012 / January 2013

  • WyFB sets policy for coming year
  • Livingston elected to eight term as WyFB President
  • Elden and Tena Baldwin receives Leadership Award
  • Hugh Thompson receives Distinguished Service Award
  • WyFB members donate the equivalent of 6,605 meals to help Wyoming families
  • Annual meeting speaker and event coverage

November 2012

  • WyFB  Annual Meeting Nov. 15-17
  • UW's Kaitlynn Glover wins WyFB YF&R Collegiate Discussion Meet
  • Honoring World War II Veteran Bill Vollman
  • Sound economic impact analysis critical component of ESA
  • Wyoming Made by Farm Bureau members Gift Idea Section
  • Governor appoints new director of DEQ

October 2012

  • WyFB 93rd Annual Meeting Nov. 15-17
  • WyFB statement on announcement to delist wolves
  • Food Preservation:  a trend making a comeback
  • Property rights and election year politics

September 2012

  • Land owner licenses concept being considered
  • Farm Bureau Collegiate Discussion Meet Oct. 16
  • Farm Bureau membership benefit insert
  • YF&R Committee elections this fall

July/August 2012

  • Special Election Issue:  Statements from candidates for U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives
  • WyFB Young Farmers & Ranchers visit Nation's Capitol
  • Stop the Flood of Regulation
  • America's Heartland filming comes to Wyoming

June 2012

  • Agricultural land valuations for 2013 will increase
  • Ag Books for Kids contest winners announced
  • Joint Agriculture Committee meets
  • WyFB awards nine college scholarships

May 2012

  • Water outlook for 2012
  • The food we eat
  • An itemized tax receipt
  • FCC order will impact rural telecommunications
  • Ag Books for Kids starts the conversation

  April 2012

  • 2012 Legislative Review
  • Update our ports
  • EPA regulatory overreach slapped down by Supreme Court
  • Pesticide permit information
  • WyFB 2011 Photo Contest winners

  March 2012

  • WyFB Legislative Meeting Report
  • Tax and fiscal issues
  • Announcing Farm Bureau/GM Incentive Program
  • Bridging the generational divide
  • Wyoming Agricultural Literacy Week

 February 2012

  • WyFB Legislative Meeting Feb. 27-28
  • AFBF delegates approve policy
  • Legislative session preview
  • Federal money used for conservation easements
  • State and county Farm Bureau scholarship information

  December 2011/January 2012

  • WyFB sets policy for coming year
  • Senator Enzi addresses Farm Bureau and calls for one percent solution to budget
  • Livingston re-elected president
  • Annual meeting coverage
  • YF&R Harvest for All project
  • Conservation easements take away important property rights
  • America has a culture because of agriculture

November 2011

  • Whooping crane case could impact water
  • WyFB 92nd Annual Meeting in Cheyenne
  • YF&R Conference Dec. 2-3 in Casper
  • Made by Farm Bureau members--Gift Idea Section
  • EPA will not regulate agricultural dust

  October 2011

  • WyFB 92nd Annual Meeting Nov. 10-12
  • EPA SPCC plan required by Nov. 10 for operations storing more than 1,320 gallons of oil or oil products
  • AFBF's Legal Advocacy Program
  • WyFB comments to Game & Fish on wolf plan
  • Today's Agriculture Symposium Nov. 10, 2011

 September 2011

  • Livestock traceability
  • Changes in gasoline tax refund--hearing scheduled for Sept. 12
  • The cost of ESA paperwork
  • Member benefits insert
  • Wyoming Game and Fish Commission seeks public comments on revised wolf management plan

July/August 2011

  • Preble's returned to ESA list; another example of flaws of ESA
  • Wyoming and Feds agree in principle on wolf management
  • WyFB names Outstanding Membership Workers
  • The general economy
  • Legislative news from the Office of State Lands & Investments

June 2011

  • Ag Books for Kids winners announced
  • What is sustainability?
  • EPA's expanding regulation of agriculture
  • Succession planning conversations--thoughts from two generations
  • WyFB:  USFS National Planning Rule needs to include grazing and timber

May 2011

  • 2011 water outlook
  • Legislative redistricting public hearings set
  • Congress should address meaningful reform of ESA
  • WyFB scholarship winners
  • Succession planning-a banker's view

April 2011

  • Farmers prevail in court decision on EPA livestock rules
  • Multiple links form one chain—Farm Bureau member shares experience on AFBF YF&R Committee
  • Colorado and Nebraska to require Wyoming DSA cattle to be identified before import
  • Legislative interim topics

March 2011

  • Governor says thank agriculture for what we have
  • Different standards for ruling authority
  • UW’s Ben Berry advanced to “Sweet 16” in AFBF Collegiate Discussion Meet
  • Rancher says succession planning was a success because of no secrets
  • 2010 Photo Contest winners

February 2011

  • AFBF Calls for Strong Farm Safety Net, EPA Oversight
  • Trichomoniasis research
  • Succession planning…viewpoint of a young couple
  • WyFB and county scholarship information

December 2010/January 2011

  • Livingston elected to sixth term as WyFB President
  • Wyoming Farm Bureau sets policy for coming year
  • Senator Barrasso addresses Wyoming Farm Bureau
  • EQC rejects Very Rare or Uncommon Petition for Sand Creek area
  • U.S. District Judge Johnson:  USFWS rejection of Wyoming Wolf Management plan was arbitrary and capricious

November 2010

  • America has a culture thanks to agriculture
  • EPA authority moving to a watershed near you?
  • Succession Planning Series:  estate planning
  • Wyoming Made gift idea section

October 2010

  • WyFB 91st annual meeting
  • Elephants and agriculture:  what do they have in common?
  • A world view of farm succession
  • Wind energy issues

September 2010

  • Rezoning of FEMA flood maps could affect you
  • Recognizing the symptoms of rabies in livestock
  • Effective and economical approach necessary for management of wild horses
  • Membership benefits insert

July/August 2010

  • EQC accepts Very Rare or Uncommon Petition on fourth try
  • Special Election Issue
  • Renew the American Dream with Estate Tax Reform
  • WyFB names outstanding membership workers