Category Archives: WiscoAg News
Culver's Raises Close To $160,000 For Ag Education
Culver's held their annual "Scoops of Thanks Day" last month on May 6th where customers can get a scoop of custard in exchange for a donation to FFA. This year the restaurant chain had almost 800 part...
Jun 03, 2021 Jason Dean / CC
Ag Secretary Speaks On Ag In President's Budget Proposal
Last week, the White House released President Biden's proposed budget for the fiscal year 2022, which calls for $6 trillion in spending as well as controversial tax provisions. The Hagstrom Report say...
Jun 03, 2021 U.S. Department of Agriculture / CC
Creamery Gives Farmers Value-Added Advice After 12 Years In The Business
Value-added businesses have been growing in popularity over the past couple of years, especially during the pandemic when consumers started to care more and more about where their food's coming from. ...
Jun 02, 2021
The Average Farmhand In Wisconsin Makes Under $15 Per Hour
According to the latest USDA Farm Labor Report, the average farm employee makes $14.95 per hour, which is about 35 cents more than this same time in 2020. Specifically in Wisconsin, livestock workers ...
Jun 01, 2021 United Soybean Board / CC
Rural Internet Complaint Filed In Wisconsin Against Frontier
Last week the Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against Frontier Communications alleging the company didn't give customers the internet quality promised. The complaint goes on to explain that...
Jun 01, 2021
Alice In Dairyland Makes History
The state's 73rd Alice in Dairyland made history this month by being the first Alice to keep the title twice. Julia Nunes recently finished her first year as Alice and is continuing as the 74th Alice ...
Jun 01, 2021
The Art Of Being A Cheesemaker In Wisconsin
Dairy is such a prominent aspect of Wisconsin and without people behind the scenes helping to create those products, we wouldn't be able to buy them so easily at the store. One of those people is Roge...
May 28, 2021
Judges Ruling Could Be Bad For Small-Scale Pig Farmers
A recent federal district court ruling that was unchallenged, could result in a 2.5% loss in pork packing plant capacity across the country according to the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC). The...
May 27, 2021
Boating Safety Tips For Memorial Day Weekend
This week is National Safe Boating Week, which is perfect timing as Memorial Day weekend approaches. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wanted to share some safety tips before boaters...
May 27, 2021 Deb / CC
New Network To Help Handle Mental Health
AgriSafe is a non-profit that recently launched the AgriStress Response Network to help share content on stress in the agriculture industry. The benefit to a network such as this is that it shows us h...
May 26, 2021 moonjazz
