Category Archives: WiscoAg News
JBS And Pilgrim's Pride Offer Free College Tuition To Employees And Their Children
JBS USA and Pilgrim's Pride recently introduced a two-year college tuition program called Better Futures, which will offer over 66,000 employees and their children the opportunity to receive free high...
May 26, 2021 COD Newsroom / CC
Herds Of Excellence Winners Announced: Wisconsin Dominates
The National Holstein Association announced their 2020 Herds of Excellence winners and six out of the nine dairy farms are located in Wisconsin. Each dairy on the list has met very specific factors to...
May 26, 2021 Farm Watch / CC
Farmers Can Help Take A Look At Climate Change
Within the ag community, being proactive when it comes to looking at climate change can be a difficult conversation to start. Todd Nash, the President-Elect of the Oregon Cattlemen's Association says ...
May 25, 2021 U.S. Department of Agriculture
New Bill Gives Rural Broadband Authority To USDA
Last week lawmakers introduced the Broadband for Rural America Act. This would put the Department of Agriculture in charge of calling the shots for rural broadband rather than the Federal Communicatio...
May 25, 2021 Josh Sniffen / CC
Father Charged With Son's Death After Skid Steer Accident
Caleb Schachtschneider of St. Lawerence was charged last week with second-degree reckless homicide after Waupaca County's district attorney filed a Class D felony charge. The charge comes after Schach...
May 25, 2021 picturexv
Coalition Forced To Defend Gray Wolf Delisting
A coalition of agriculture and forestry groups filed court motions defending the delisting of the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act. Three cases filed by environmental and animal welfare grou...
May 24, 2021 dalliedee / CC
Fall Elk Hunt Reminder
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is reminding hunters to apply for their 2021 elk tag by May 31st. Every spring the DNR takes applications for the annual elk hunt and the drawing results ...
May 24, 2021 hds / CC
Produce Industry Impacted By Pallet Shortage
The United Fresh Produce Association says pallet shortages are hurting the produce industry. The organization says the lack of pallets adds to the challenges they're facing. For example, other issues ...
May 21, 2021 Maurits Verbiest / CC
Door County Based Cheese Factory Keeps Family A Priority
Seeing as it is American Cheese Month and we're in America's Dairyland, it's only fitting that we highlight some of the great cheese factories around the state. One of those being Renard's Cheese in D...
May 21, 2021
National FFA Convention Announcement
The National FFA Organization announced that the annual convention will be held in-person October 27th to the 30th in Indianapolis. According to the organization, in-person events during the conventio...
May 20, 2021 U.S. Department of Agriculture / CC
