Category Archives: WiscoAg News
Century And Sesquicentennial Farms Honored During State Fair
This week over one hundred farms are being recognized for managing to keep their farm in the family for 100 or 150 years as a part of the Century and Sesquicentennial Farm and Home Awards. Each farm w...
Aug 10, 2021 Tom Bower / CC
Field Of Dreams Game This Week Puts Spotlight On Farmers
Remember the iconic movie Field of Dreams? "If you build it, they will come." Well, this Thursday night on the famous baseball diamond surrounded by cornfields in Iowa, the Chicago White Sox, and the ...
Aug 10, 2021 Dennis Carr / CC
Combine Cleaning Clinic To Prevent Spread Of Weed Seeds
With the increasing prevalence of herbicide-resistant weeds across the state, it's important to stop the accidental spread of weed seeds from field to field through contaminated equipment. With fall q...
Aug 10, 2021 United Soybean Board / CC
Coffee Prices Continue To Climb
Unfortunately, coffee prices are on the way up due to a couple of different factors. Brazil was hit hard by frost, and the record cost of freight brought on by COVID-19 is causing massive shipping log...
Aug 09, 2021 olle svensson / CC
Sign Up For Gun Deer Hunt For Hunters With Disabilities Ends September 1st
The Wisconsin DNR is sending out a reminder for eligible disabled hunters that are wanting to hunt in the 2021 gun deer season for hunters with disabilities to contact a hunt sponsor to sign up before...
Aug 06, 2021 Sunny / CC
Senators Introduce Healthy Dog Imporation Act
On Wednesday, August 4th Senators Chuck Grassley and Tina Smith introduced the Healthy Dog Importation Act. The two say that the bill would expand USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service pro...
Aug 06, 2021 Michal Ščuglík / CC
Farmers Should Watch For Pests During Hot Weather
With the hot weather that farmers have been seeing, several pests are thriving and multiplying in and around water sources. Lloyd Knight is the Administrator for the Division of Plant Industries with ...
Aug 05, 2021 Dano / CC
Tyson Foods Requires Employees Get Vaccinated
Tyson Foods announced this week that they're requiring that all 120,000 of their employees get vaccinated, but some are not impressed. United Food and Commercial Workers International President Marc P...
Aug 05, 2021 Joint Base San Antonio
Farming Economy Becoming Stronger Than Years Past
The agriculture economy has made a huge difference from 2020 to 2021. Dave Widmar is an agriculture economist at the Agricultural Economic Insights in West Lafayette in Indiana and he said this improv...
Aug 04, 2021 Jason Johnson Iowa NRCS
Q&A Session With U.S. Dairy Export Council President Krysta Harden
We had the opportunity to catch up with U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) President and CEO, Krysta Harden, over the phone this week for a Q&A type interview to take an in-depth look at U.S. dairy...
Aug 04, 2021 U.S. Department of Agriculture / CC
