Category Archives: WiscoAg News

Wisconsin Healthy Grown® Potatoes Featured on Award-Winning TV Show
ANTIGO, Wis. - As the 3rd largest potato-producing state in the nation, Wisconsin potatoes have an important story to tell about feeding families with sustainably produced Wisconsin potatoes. On Thurs...
Joanna Guza Jan 30, 2025
Dairy Defined: The Move Back to Milk
ARLINGTON, VA - This just in: The sun rose today, people argued over politics...and consumers keep fleeing from plant-based beverages. That final statement is becoming so obvious that it wouldn't be w...
Joanna Guza Jan 30, 2025

Olson Elected to American Farm Bureau Board
MADISON - Brad Olson was elected to serve a one-year term on American Farm Bureau's Board of Directors on Tuesday during the American Farm Bureau Federation's 106th Convention. Olson is a crop farmer ...
Joanna Guza Jan 29, 2025 AFBF Young Farmer and Rancher Committee
Gov. Evers Kicks Off 2025 Year of The Kid with Efforts to Ensure Kids and Families Have Access to Safe, Clean Drinking Water
MADISON - Gov. Tony Evers as announced in his 2025 State of the State address, kicked off 2025 the Year of the Kid by approving a new emergency rule to combat lead poisoning statewide and directing an...
Joanna Guza Jan 29, 2025
'Everybody Deserves Good Food': Dunn County Pantry Reaps Benefits of Local Food Purchase Program
Since its founding in 1984, Stepping Stones of Dunn County has been an invaluable resource to those facing food insecurity in Northwest Wisconsin. In 2024 alone, Stepping Stones distributed 816,000 po...
Joanna Guza Jan 29, 2025

Producing Quality Beef Workshops Scheduled
VERONA, Wisc. -- What physical traits enhance or detract fed cattle values? Why do some fed cattle sell for more or less than others? What opportunities did the latest beef quality audit find? These t...
Joanna Guza Jan 28, 2025
78th Alice in Dairyland Applications Open through January 31
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) reminds individuals with a passion for promoting Wisconsin agriculture to apply for the position of 78th ...
Joanna Guza Jan 28, 2025

Dairy Business Association's annual event draws over 400 attendees
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Innovation in the dairy community was the central theme of Dairy Strong, a conference focused on the dairy industry held at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay, Wis. More than 400 ...
Joanna Guza Jan 27, 2025
Dairy Business Innovation Alliance Grants Open February 3
MADISON, WI - Applications will open February 3 for a new round of Dairy Business Builder grants administered by the Dairy Business Innovation Alliance (DBIA). Small- to medium-sized dairy farmers, ma...
Joanna Guza Jan 27, 2025

Records Shattered: Celebrating the Bright Future of Agriculture at the 2025 Auction of Junior Livestock Champions
DENVER, CO. - A sold-out crowd filled the auction arena for the 2025 Auction of Junior Livestock Champions, presented by BOK Financial. This year's Grand and Reserve Grand Champions highlighted the pr...
Alicia Thern Jan 27, 2025 Brayden Bowers, 15, Belmont, WI, exhibited Spook, the Reserve Grand Champion Lamb at the National Western Stock Show.

