Wyoming Business Council

A Wyoming Business Council study finds that farmer markets contributed over $1 million to the state's economy in 2011.

It was another great year for Wyoming hay at the World Dairy Expo where, for the seventh year in a row, Wyoming producers have won or placed extremely high in the World's Forage Analysis Superbowl. Four championships were claimed at this year's Superbowl with five Wyoming producers earning high places.

The Wyoming Business Council's Agribusiness Division has awarded cash prizes and a spot in the 2012 AgriCulture Calendar were awarded to the top two photographs in adult and youth categories for its 4th Annual Ag Photo Contest.  The winners were chosen from nearly 300 photos submitted by 49 adult and youth contestants, both professional and amateur.

Wyoming is the fourth-best place to do business in the United States according to an annual study of job retention and creation. Brent Pollina, vice president of Pollina Corporate Real Estate and author of the study, says the results add credibility to Wyoming’s claim as an extremely attractive place to do business. Wyoming's ranking in Pollina's Corporate Real Estate's Top 10 Pro-Business for 201

Dave Simonsen is the new Business Ready Community/Community Facilities Grant and Loan Program manager for the Wyoming Business Council. Through these programs Simonsen will be helping provide financing for publicly owned infrastructure that serves the needs of businesses and promotes economic development within Wyoming communities and assisting communities in preserving former school and surplus g

If your hay is the top of the crop, you could send it to the "Suberbowl". The top five hay samples in the state hay show at the 2011 Wyoming State Fair will be sent to compete in the Forage Suberbowl Challenge at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis. from Oct. 4-8.