Category Archives: Farm News
Evers Urges President To End Trade War, Saying It's Hurting Wisconsin Farmers
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers tells the president farmers in this state are suffering what he calls a "triple whammy" of trade uncertainty, low commodity prices and bad weather. Evers has written a le...
Aug 13, 2019
Corn Crop Struggling In NE Wisconsin
The agriculture educator for U-W Extension says the corn crop in Calumet County is doing better than much of northeastern Wisconsin, but that's not good. Amber O'Brien predicts up to 50 percent of the...
Aug 08, 2019 Mark Bonica / CC
Managing, Harvesting and Pricing Late Planted Corn for Silage
The 2019 growing season opened with cooler and wetter conditions than what we have observed in recent memory resulting in many acres of late planted corn. These late planted acres may require a new ap...
Aug 06, 2019 decar66 / CC
DATCP Reminding Farmers to Inspect Poly Tanks Every Spring and Fall
Agriculture officials are reminding farmers to routinely inspect polyethylene tanks used to store fertilizer and pesticides, after several recent failures led to chemical spills. According to Rick Gra...
Aug 05, 2019 RichardBH / CC
UW Extension Manitowoc County Dairy Talks About How Dairy Farmers are Struggling.
A report this week indicated that in the first six months of 2019 Wisconsin lost 449 Dairy Farms. UW Extension Manitowoc County Dairy agent Scott Gunderson tells SeehaferNews.com, that our county is n...
Aug 02, 2019
USDA Opens Signup for Market Facilitation Program
Signup opened July 29, 2019 for the Market Facilitation Program (MFP), a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program to assist farmers who continue to suffer from damages because of unjustified trad...
Jul 30, 2019
Hearings Set on Livestock Facility Siting Rule
Six public hearings are scheduled around the state Aug. 15-Sept. 5 to explain proposed changes to Wisconsin's livestock facility siting rule and gather public comment on the proposal. Written comments...
Jul 30, 2019 The Library of Congress / CC
NSP Grateful to Administration for Second Market Facilitation Program
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced late last week, further details of the $16 billion package to support American agriculture producers, including a second installment of the Market ...
Jul 30, 2019 SupportPDX / CC
Cover Crops Could Mitigate Wet Weather Pains for WI Farmers
Wisconsin farmers are struggling after wet and cold weather this spring and summer. Jim Stute, research director at the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, says farmers should consider cover crops ...
Jul 27, 2019 Oleg. / CC
Manitowoc County UW-Extension Agriculture Agent Talks About Challenges Farmers are Facing
Manitowoc County UW-Extension Agriculture Agent, Scott Gunderson, calls this probably the 2nd most challenging growing season he's seen...since working with area farmers for the past 32 years. Gunders...
Jul 26, 2019
