Category Archives: WiscoAg News

During the National FFA Convention last week, Cortney Zimmerman of Wisconsin was elected as the Central Region Vice President for the 2021-2022 year. Zimmerman is the eighth dairy state FFA member to ...

As of August 31st, 2021, inventories of frozen whole turkeys and turkey parts were 24% lower than the three-year average, according to USDA's Economic Research Service. Stocks of frozen turkey meat ty...

A Farm Progress report warns farmers to keep an eye on their precision ag equipment like auto-guidance monitors and antennas. An ag store in Illinois was planning to send some equipment to a field dem...

U.S. farmers are nervous about proposed tax changes floating around Capitol Hill. Several proposed tax changes are designed to help pay for President Biden's Build Back Better legislation. Dustin Sher...

Congratulations to Josh Salentine, our October Farmer of the Month. He and his family own Salentine Homestead Dairy LLC in Luxemburg where they currently milk 260 cows and have 40 dry cows. Josh grew ...

While last year's cost of a Thanksgiving Day dinner was the lowest it had been since 2010, this year could be quite a bit different. A New York Times report says it could be the most expensive Thanksg...

This is the first time in history that a pig kidney was successfully transplanted into a human without getting rejected by the body. The experimental surgery happened at NYU Langone Health in New York...

Early results from the Wisconsin DNR show harvest numbers fell short of the total quota with 3,802 bears harvested during the 2021 black bear season, which is a drop from the 4,306 taken in 2020, but ...

National Cheese Curd Day was celebrated on October 15th when many lined up at Culver's to grab the Curdburger. The restaurant chain has the final sales numbers in and it turns out that Wisconsin consu...

Like most things in the grocery store lately, we may see higher prices on pizza and bagels very soon. This comes after a wheat contract reached $10/bushel on Friday. This is the first time the price h...