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Wisconsin sees record-high beef prices alongside high demand

The average price for a pound of beef hit a record-high $9.64 in April. Steak and ground beef prices are both up more than 14 percent compared to this time last year. An agriculture professor says these prices are on the rise and a butcher shop owner shares what he’s seeing.

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Janesville’s Cozy Inn becomes America’s longest-operating Chinese restaurant

Wisconsin is now home to the longest-operating Chinese restaurant in the country. Owner Tom Fong says the key to keeping the 104-year-old enterprise going has been community support and his mom’s and his wife’s love of the business.

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Trump wants to slash $5B from USDA’s budget. That could hurt rural America, critics say.

Some close watchers of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s budget aren’t thrilled with the Trump administration’s proposal — but they're hopeful some of the suggested cuts won’t make it in the final spending plans passed by Congress.

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