Category Archives: WiscoAg News
Rural Realities Addiction - Signs, Recovery and Hope with Megan Wolf, Dual Diagnosis Counselor
Coping with stress through substance use is not uncommon. Nearly 50 percent of rural Americans and 74 percent of farmers have been directly impacted by opioid misuse, according to a 2017 survey by the...
May 02, 2023
Rural Realities Tips for Difficult Conversations
Difficult conversations can be stressful, especially for farmers working with their families. Dairy Farmer and Mental Health Advocate Randy Roecker discusses how he approaches communications on his ge...
May 01, 2023
The future of dairy processing
Dairy processing is a competitive industry and Wisconsin is home to a world-class facility - the Center for Dairy Research - driving the development of new products to meet consumer demands, both dome...
Apr 12, 2023
KCEDC revives Ag Career Days, farm career-exploration experience for students
KEWAUNEE COUNTY, Wis. - Ag Career Days, a two-day, farm career-exploration experience for all seventh- and eighth-grade students from five Northeast Wisconsin school districts, returns on April 18-19,...
Apr 03, 2023
Farmer of the Month: Robert Huebner of Huebner Farms
Y100 is proud to present the Farmer of the Month is Robert Huebner of Huebner Farms in Kaukauna, Wis. They milk 250 cows with robots and farm 800 acres. Robert is a first generation dairy farmer and s...
Apr 02, 2023
Prevent Identity Theft During Spring Vacation with DATCP's Travel Tips
MADISON, Wis. - The last thing anyone wants to deal with while on a vacation is identity theft. Identity theft is often a crime of opportunity, and vacationers who are not looking out for it can becom...
Mar 30, 2023
Gov. Evers Highlights Initiatives to Build a Clean Energy Workforce, Infrastructure, and Economy
MADISON - Gov. Tony Evers this week will travel across the state highlighting clean energy workforce, infrastructure, and economy initiatives in his 2023-25 biennial budget to invest in building a sta...
Mar 29, 2023
Dairy group endorses candidates in Wisconsin spring election
MADISON, Wis. - The Dairy Business Association, Wisconsin's leading dairy advocacy group, today endorsed Justice Daniel Kelly for the State Supreme Court and Rep. Daniel Knodl for the 8th Senate Distr...
Mar 29, 2023
Farm Technology Days Executive Committee announces scholarship recipients
ALGOMA, WIS. -- Coming up on the sixth year since the Kewaunee County Wisconsin Farm Technology Days took place, the Executive Committee proudly announces the fifth group of students receiving funds f...
Mar 29, 2023
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Statement on $150 Million Ag Road Improvement Program
MADISON - Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation Executive Director of Governmental Relations Jason Mugnaini released the following statement regarding the circulation of LRB-2553, a draft bill to create an...
Mar 29, 2023
