Hog producers who sold hogs through a spot market sale during the COVID-19 pandemic now have until April 15 to submit their applications for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Spot Market Hog Pandemic Program. SMHPP, which is part of USDA’s Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative, originally had a deadline to submit applications by Feb.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Nancy Swenty in Oconto and Marinette counties is reminding foreign investors with an interest in agricultural lands in the United States that they are required to report their land holdings and transactions to USDA. The Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) requires foreign investors who buy, sell or hold an interest in U.S.

Lee Pulaski, vice president, called the Feb. 17 meeting of the Shawano Area Writers to order in the Elsie Engel Room at the Shawano Public Library. Members attending were Lee Pulaski, Wendy Goerl, Irma Brunner, Marilyn Kroenke, John Mutter, Barb King, Twilla Beyer, Nick Wudtke, Trudy Bosman, Tom Thorstenson and Lana Allen. The minutes were approved.

Northcentral Technical College Northcentral Technical College is pleased to announce the president’s list for outstanding academic achievement for the fall 2021 term.

UW-Madison Division of Extension is sponsoring an educational workshop to help agricultural lenders and other professionals better understand what farms in northeastern Wisconsin are facing this year. The event is being held at the Grand Meridian, 2621 N. Oneida St., Appleton on March 17.

CoVantage Credit Union has been honored with a 2021 Louise Herring Philosophy-in-Action Member Service Award and a Desjardins Youth Financial Education Award. The two awards, sponsored by the Wisconsin Credit Union League and the Credit Union National Association, recognizes credit unions that demonstrate the internal application of the credit union philosophy of “people helping people” through special programs. CoVantage earned the first-place L