The Wisconsin DATCPs Alice in Dairyland program is partnering with the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation’s Ag in the Classroom program to promote specialty crops in classrooms across the state.
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection confirms that a Lincoln County deer farm has tested positive for chronic wasting disease.
Last year, Wisconsin berry farmers had some tricky weather patterns to work with, some even losing a good portion of their crop. But, for Engleberry Farm, things are blossoming in fairly good and normal conditions this year.
Planting season is ramping up in Wisconsin and one farmer in Marshfield is urging drivers to use caution when approaching farm vehicles on roads and highways.
An annual plant sale is returning to Wausau Saturday after taking a couple of years off from the pandemic. The North Central Wisconsin Master Gardeners Association will be selling plants that are grown right from the group’s volunteers’ gardens at Marathon Park.
The beginning of the pandemic exposed issues in the meat processing industry across the country and the logjam many local farmers find when trying to get meat to customers. After two years, Wisconsin farmers say they face the same challenges in getting animals to the table.
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.
Wisconsin hit a new record for agricultural exports in 2021, according to data from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Gov. Tony Evers is committing up to $8.2 million in financial support to help a coalition of paper and forestry stakeholders apply for a federal grant. The goal is to help ensure the long-term viability of the state’s paper and forest products industry, which is the largest in the nation.
Ginseng is not just a root, not to people in central Wisconsin, at least. It is a story of the people and places it grows, tying the individuals raised with it with an eternal knot, like Craig Thompson.
Tractor overturns are the leading cause of farm-related deaths. That’s one of the reasons fire departments all across central Wisconsin decided to participate in farm training Saturday.
Over the past two years, Miltrim Farms has been working to reduce pollution and contaminants in its runoff water. And, with the help of some new technology, the farm will be able to see how its practices have been going in the next six months.
A spring freeze took 12 to 15 percent of Rock Ridge Orchard’s crop. But that isn’t stopping the orchard from continuing 12 years of being part of the Farm-to-School program.
The Pittsville FFA and FFA Alumni will begin its annual cranberry marsh tours on Friday, Sept. 24. Tours will also be held Sept. 29, and Oct. 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20 and 22.
Wisconsin Democrats are demanding Republican lawmakers confirm Gov. Tony Evers’ choice to replace the GOP-appointed head of the Department of Natural Resources board.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently released its findings of the hurdles people who participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program face when trying to maintain a healthy diet. It found nearly nine in 10 people have some kind of barrier.
By Heather Poltrock, The Associated Press and Emily Davies
The state Supreme Court says state regulators can impose operating conditions on factory farms and consider high-capacity wells’ cumulative environmental impacts when weighing whether to grant permits.
As research continues to analyze the full scope and impact of the problem of nitrate-contaminated groundwater in the central sands region of Wisconsin, newer research is turning toward finding solutions to the problem.
The pandemic left Marshfield’s Dairy Breakfast in a sticky situation last year, but this year, the line stacked up faster than the maple syrup could come out.
A new grant from the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection will compile what counties in the central sands region know about nitrate contamination in the groundwater.
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