Category Archives: WiscoAg News
DATCP Awards $1 Million in Producer-Led Watershed Protection Grants to 47 Groups
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has awarded $1 million in producer-led watershed protection grants (PLWPG) to 47 farmer-led groups for 20...
Joanna Guza Jan 03, 2024
WFU to host Farm and Rural Lobby Day January 17th
MADISON - Registration is open for Farm and Rural Lobby Day on Wednesday, January 17th. The annual event is organized by Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU). WFU President Darin Von Ruden encouraged farmers...
Joanna Guza Jan 03, 2024
Gov. Evers Completes Annual 72-County Tour of Wisconsin
MADISON - Gov. Tony Evers today announced that he has once again visited each of Wisconsin's 72 counties in 2023, completing his fourth 72-county tour since taking office in 2019. Gov. Evers has visit...
Joanna Guza Jan 03, 2024

77th Alice in Dairyland Applications Open through January 31
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) invites individuals with a passion for promoting agriculture to apply to be the 77th Alice in Dairyland t...
Joanna Guza Jan 03, 2024 Ashley Hagenow, 76th Alice in Dairyland

Grass-fed beef at Brand Acres Beef in Greenleaf, Wis.
Scott Brandenburg is the owner of Brand Acres Beef in Greenleaf, Wis. Scott raises 60 grass-fed beef cattle on a cow-calf beef operation and sells to the local community and restaurants. He is the thi...
Joanna Guza Jan 01, 2024
What to know about Proposition 12, what ag can learn
Joanna talked with pork producers and president of the National Pork Producers Council, Scott Hays, about Proposition 12 and what other commodities can learn from it.
Joanna Guza Dec 29, 2023
DATCP Accepting Applications for Specialty Crop Block Grants through February 27
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is accepting applications for 2024 Specialty Crop Block Grants through 5 p.m. on Tuesday, February 27, 20...
Joanna Guza Dec 29, 2023
Learn How to Maintain your Dairy's Market Access at Carbon Conference 2.0
DAIRY NEWS - Understanding the options, opportunities, risks and pitfalls of the growing carbon market sector is critical for dairy producers to improve their management practices and retain market ac...
Joanna Guza Dec 29, 2023

Learn about Luke VanderKinter of VanderKinter Farms
Luke Vander Kinter of Vander Kinter Farms in Green Bay, Wis. own a custom harvest business and cash crop 1,700 acres. He is the third generation involved in agriculture.
Joanna Guza Dec 28, 2023
Case IH precision ag: It's not just about yield data
Joanna Guza talked with Kendal Quandahl, manager of precision field team in North America, about how to best utilize your yield data, precision planting, challenges in ag and careers in agriculture.
Joanna Guza Dec 28, 2023

