Category Archives: WiscoAg News
The Goats Of June Dairy Month
June Dairy Month is for more than just cows because dairy goat farms also play a big role in the state. In fact, according to USDA numbers, Wisconsin is the U.S. leader in dairy goats. Wisconsin has 7...
Jun 23, 2021
House Ag Chair Says USDA Discrimination Lawsuits Are Shameful
House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott calls lawsuits against aid for minority farmers "shameful." Congress gave the Department of Agriculture money to help with debt relief to Black, Americ...
Jun 22, 2021 Best Law
EPA Calls Out eBay For Selling Unregistered Pesticides
The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) sent a stop-sale order to eBay due to 170 unregistered or misbranded pesticide products being sold on their website. The action amends a 2020 order to include...
Jun 22, 2021 Kazuhisa OTSUBO / CC
Green Bay Farmer Explains The Work Behind Strawberry Season
Strawberry season only lasts a few weeks, but the work lasts all year long. Growing the fruit isn't as simple as throwing some seeds in the ground, waiting for rain, and hoping for the best. If it was...
Jun 22, 2021
The Impact Changing Inheritance Tax Would Have On Farmers
A study done by the Agriculture and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University showed how farmers would be impacted by changing inheritance tax. The study took a look at two acts, the Sensible Tax...
Jun 21, 2021
CWD Confirmed In Green Lake County
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has confirmed a wild deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Green Lake County. The adult deer was found dead in Brooklyn in early May, ...
Jun 21, 2021 brokinhrt2 / CC
Kewaunee County Brothers To Host Breakfast On The Farm
If you're looking for something to do with dad this weekend, you're in luck! The Kewaunee County Breakfast on the Farm will be hosted by Augustian Farms LLC in Kewaunee on Father's Day. There will be ...
Jun 18, 2021
Devin-Acres Hosts The Sheboygan County Breakfast On The Farm
Tomorrow morning Sheboygan County's Breakfast on the Farm will be at Devin-Acres, a fifth-generation farm in Elkhart Lake hosted by Kevin and Deb Kirsch from 7 am to noon. The dairy hosted back in 201...
Jun 18, 2021
Stevens Point Family To Hosts A Drive-Thru Dairy Lunch This Weekend
As June Dairy Month continues in Wisconsin, Feltz Family Farms & Dairy Store in Stevens Point hosts the Portage County Dairy Drive-Thru Lunch on Saturday, June 19th from 10 am-1 pm. Feltz Family F...
Jun 17, 2021
Julia Nunes Transitions From 73rd To 74th Alice In Dairyland
Julia Nunes is the 73rd Alice in Dairyland who unfortunately received the title during the peak of COVID-19 and was unable to attend some of the events Alice would've been at in a normal year. Luckily...
Jun 17, 2021
