Category Archives: Farm News
Wisconsin Corn-Soybean Farmers Running Behind Schedule
The Wisconsin Growers Association blames a cold, wet spring for getting this year's planting season off to a slow start. Normally, mid-September is when corn and soybean farmers begin the harvest. It'...
Sep 20, 2019
Milk-n-More Tequila Naomi Named 2019 Cow of the Year
Milk-n-More Tequila Naomi, a seven-year-old Jersey bred and owned by Milk-n-More Farms of Cecil, has been named the 2019 Wisconsin Cow of the Year. Naomi will be recognized with the honor at a special...
Sep 19, 2019
Wisconsin Agricultural Tourism Day
Tony Evers, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, proclaims September 20, 2019 as WISCONSIN AGRICULTURAL TOURISM DAY. Join us in celebrating at Schuster's Farm, 1326 US-12, in Deerfield starting at 9 am...
Sep 16, 2019 Jim Epler / CC
DATCP Asking For Public Input on Avipel®
The public can comment through Sept. 16 on a special pesticide registration that would allow Wisconsin corn growers to treat seed with a non-lethal repellant to stop sandhill cranes from feeding on pl...
Sep 14, 2019 decar66 / CC
2019 Enrollment Deadline for the Dairy Margin Coverage Program Fast Approaching
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency (FSA) is reminding dairy producers that the deadline to enroll in the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program for 2019 is Sept. 20th. Authorized by...
Sep 13, 2019 seligmanwaite / CC
Wells Fargo: Wisconsin Leads Country In Farm Bankruptcies
Financial officials report 45 Wisconsin farms filed Chapter-12 bankruptcy in the fiscal year ending June 30th. The report from Wells Fargo reveals Wisconsin leads the nation in farm bankruptcies. Kans...
Aug 25, 2019
Farmer Field Day to Cultivate Interest in Booming Hemp Industry
An event in southern Wisconsin is offering tips to farmers interested in the booming business of hemp. The Michael Fields Agricultural Institute is hosting the Industrial Hemp Production Field Day nex...
Aug 19, 2019 Farmer growing hemp and checking plants growth, agriculture and environment concept
Report Shows Growing Impact of Ag in Wisconsin
On the same day a report named Wisconsin the top producing cranberry state for the 25th straight year, a research group at the University of Wisconsin found the impact of agriculture on the state's ec...
Aug 15, 2019
SHIC Convenes Feed Ingredient Workshops to Address ASF Threat
African swine fever (ASF) is creating major changes in global livestock feed ingredient and food trade. US pork producers feed imported swine feed ingredients, including vitamins and soybean products,...
Aug 14, 2019 agriflanders / CC
FCA Board Receives 2018 Annual Report
At its monthly meeting last week, the Farm Credit Administration board received FCA's 2018 Annual Report on the Farm Credit System's Young, Beginning, and Small (YBS) Farmer Mission Performance. Outst...
Aug 14, 2019 UBC Learning Commons / CC
