Source: Michigan Farm Bureau Michigan land values showed “remarkable resilience and strength” in the latter part of 2025, according to Jay Van Gorden, area sales manager for Farmers National Co. (FNC), a national landowner service provider. This is especially the case for high-quality farmland, said Van Gorden, which is still near record levels. “Farmers National has seen multiple sales in the $15,000 to $19,000 per acre range in the past few weeks in our Eastern Region for highly tillable,...

by Jeff Ishee President Donald Trump has signed into law the bipartisan Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, which will allow school systems to offer students whole milk and other healthy dairy products. The law overturns Obama‑era nutrition rules that limited schools to fat‑free and low‑fat milk options beginning in 2012, a policy originally aimed at reducing childhood obesity. Shenandoah County, Virginia, dairy farmer Thomas French was in the White House Oval Office for the signing ceremony....

Source: West Virginia Department of Agriculture Charleston, WV / January 14, 2026 - The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) has confirmed the presence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in a backyard flock in Greenbrier County. This is only the fourth detection of HPAI in domestic birds in West Virginia since the global outbreak began in early 2022. The diagnosis was confirmed following a field investigation, sample collection, and testing at WVDA’s Animal Health NAHLN...