The SAMMY winners each receive a $7,500 scholarship and an awards weekend at Walt Disney World Resort.

Corn up 5% over last year; Soybean acreage is third largest on record.

The tags offered under this program can be used to satisfy traceability needs for marketing, state and national animal health programs and on-farm management.

18-point checklist to keep cows eating during bouts of hot weather.

By ERIN KELLY, Gannett Washington BureauWASHINGTON - Vermont dairyfarmers would get new insurance protections against falling milk prices in a sweeping $500 billion farm bill approved Thursday by the Senate.Programs to conserve Vermont forests and encourage organic farming and environmentally friendly practices also would get a boost in the bipartisan bill.The legislation, which passed the Senate by a vote of 64-35, faces an uncertain future in the House. The House is expected to take it up after the July Fourth recess.

Martha Hall Findlay, the former Liberal member of Parliament, has done the cause of clear thinking a favour by challenging one of the sacred cows of Canadian politics: the protectionist system that keeps the price of milk, eggs and poultry in this country much higher than it needs to be.