Posted: 1:37 PM Wisconsin producers are reminded that March 15, 2012, is the application deadline to sign up for the Non-Insured Assistance Program coverage on most spring-seeded crops.
Posted: 4:14 PM Ranchers in the western Great Lakes region are eager to take up arms against a longtime enemy: wolves.
Posted: 3:57 PM Marathon County Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds producers who may be considering upgrading or adding extra storage space for harvested crops next year that the Farm Storage Facility Loan (FSFL) program provides low interest loans for building or upgrading storage facilities.
Posted: 2:40 PM If you suffered damages or losses caused by excessive rain that occurred between September 12, and September 30, 2011, you may qualify for FSA disaster assistance.
Posted: 2:34 PM As planning preparations for crop season 2012 get underway, Matthew Peplinski, Marathon County Farm Service Agency's County Executive Director, reminds producers that enrollment for the 2012 Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP) and the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program will begin on January 23, 2012, and continue through June 1, 2012. This is the final year of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Farm Bill).
Posted: 9:33 AM U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack is expected to announce that 33 states and Puerto Rico will receive a share of more than $300 million in emergency funds to help them recover from an unusually intense year of natural disasters.
Posted: 2:22 PM California citrus growers are sweating a hard freeze that has blanketed the nation's largest fresh-fruit market in the midst of harvest.
Updated: 11:30 AM The cows at the University of Wisconsin-Madison could soon be the happiest cows around.
Posted: 1:22 PM Gov. Scott Walker has authorized state agriculture officials to amend meat inspection rules and allow Wisconsin's specialty meat plants to sell their products across state lines for the first time.
Posted: 1:22 PM A farmer who sells unpasteurized milk appeared in Sauk County Circuit Court on charges of failing to get licenses to operate his dairy business.
Updated: 6:31 PM Lincoln and Marathon counties have received federal disaster designations for crop losses caused by rain storms in September.
Updated: 10:49 AM The location for the 2014 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days will be held at Blue Top Farms and Feltz Family Farms just east of Plover.
Posted: 2:58 PM The Marathon County Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds producers and landowners that they are required to have a conservation system in place on all highly erodible land (HEL). Wetland compliance is also required.
Posted: 10:47 AM Wildlife officials and outfitters say it could take several years for white-tailed deer populations to recover from a devastating disease that has killed thousands of the animals across parts of eastern Montana and elsewhere in the Northern Plains.
Posted: 10:39 AM Scientists are concerned that the devastating drought in Texas could threaten the world's only remaining whooping cranes.
Posted: 10:50 AM A former Vernon County high school teacher, who spent most of his life educating students about farming and pursuing agricultural careers, has died. Dale Nestingen passed away last week at the age of 82.
Updated: 5:42 PM Bekkum Family Farms LLC of Westby, Wis., is recalling shredded cheese due to a possible bacterial contamination.
Posted: 9:13 AM Wisconsin Agriculture Secretary Ben Brancel tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel the state's $27 billion dairy industry has been in recovery mode lately.
Posted: 9:36 AM Hunters in the northern Plains who've grown accustomed to bringing home several pheasants or a deer are finding that the years of abundance may be over.
Posted: 2:35 PM MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- State wildlife officials are looking for volunteers to help them tag deer as part of a mortality study.
Posted: 10:10 AM The Department of Natural Resources has proposed adding 32 waters to the list because they exceed standards for pollutants and contaminants such as phosphorus and mercury.
Updated: 1:07 PM The latest figures show that Wisconsin dairy farmers harvested 2.1 billion pounds of milk last month. That's a 2 percent increase compared to the same month last year.
Updated: 5:45 PM The Langlade County Fairground is expected to get a facelift this Spring. Last week, the County Board of Supervisors approved a plan to build a new cattle barn which will replace the current 87-year-old structure.
Posted: 2:02 PM Eligible producers with livestock, purchased or harvested feed, honey bees, or farm-raised fish losses due to disease, adverse weather, or other conditions between January 1, 2011 and September 30, 2011, have until January 30, 2012, to submit an application for payment for 2011 losses for the USDA Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) and the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP).
Posted: 1:15 PM More young people seem to be going into farming. New numbers on farmers won't be available until after the next agricultural census is done next year, but those in agriculture point to some good signs: Enrollment in university agriculture programs has increased, as has interest in farmer-training programs.
