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The early frost that hit many parts of northern Wisconsin overnight may have put an end to the growing season for some area crops.

If you're looking to get a jump on your holiday shopping, you can do so this Saturday and also help out some local students. The Wausau FFA Alumni is hosting it's 2nd Annual Auction. There's a wide array of items up for grabs including gift certificates, gift baskets, and hunting gear.

The Farm Service Agency announces that producers interested in applying for the Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) or the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) for losses occurring before October 1, 2011, have until, the earlier of 30 days after livestock loss becomes apparent, but no later than December 29, 2011 to file a notice of loss.

Food prices could rise next year because an unseasonably hot summer is expected to damage much of this year's corn crop.

Wisconsin animal health officials have confirmed the state's first case of West Nile Virus in a horse this year.

Sheriffs and state officials in the Midwest are warning drivers to be careful in rural areas where high corn can block their view at unmarked intersections.

Wisconsin Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds producers that Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE), as established under the 2008 Farm Bill, covers crop losses prior to October 1, 2011.

Clark County Circuit Court entered a judgment against Lynn Dairy Inc. and Lynn Proteins, Inc., of Granton.

With buying from small, local, family-run farms becoming more popular, the results of a new study from Wisconsin could be surprising: It found that milk from big dairies is cleaner than that from small ones.

The Farmers' Almanac is old-fashioned through and through, with folksy articles, its "secret" weather formula and a hole made for hanging from a hook in the outhouse "library."

Ranchers already struggling in a scorching drought in the southern Plains are finding hay expensive and difficult to find.

It's harvest time in much of the nation's tobacco patches and this year's harvest is expected to be among the smallest in at least a decade.

Dairy producers who are enrolled in the Milk Income Loss Contract Program (MILC) and want to change their start date for 2012 MILC payments to October have until September 14, 2011 to request the change.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is giving the public additional time to comment on a plan to drop gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region from the federal endangered species list.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin farmers are helping out hungry Oklahoma livestock during a prolonged and severe drought.

State and county health officials announce that two birds have tested positive for West Nile virus, one in Dane County and the other in Waupaca County.

U.S. Customs officials at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport say they recently found a hard to kill bug that could devastate the nation's grain stock if it gets established in this country.

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) -- La Crosse County faces a quarantine on firewood and lumber after the emerald ash borer was confirmed in the southwestern Wisconsin county.

The mosquito-borne disease called Eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, has struck two horses in two different north central Wisconsin counties, prompting a second warning from the Wisconsin State Veterinarian.

Researchers are studying how to increase U.S. production of canola, known primarily for the cooking oil the plant produces.

The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) has implemented a Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) policy change to allow producers to utilize harvested hay from CRP acres expiring this fall when those acres are being prepared for fall seeded crops.

Eligible producers who lost livestock, honeybees, farm-raised fish, or harvested and purchased feed due to adverse weather before October 1, 2011, can sign up for the USDA Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) by filing a notice of loss by the earlier of 30 days of the loss occurring or before October 31, 2011.

Wisconsin's corn crop is expected to be plentiful, despite a late start to the growing season.

Investment firm OpenGate Capital said Monday that it plans to buy a Wisconsin dairy processing plant from Dean Foods Co.