Category Archives: WiscoAg News
USDA Announces $2.3 Million For Small Business Innovation
This week the Department of Agriculture announced a $2.3 million investment, which is a part of the USDA Small Business Innovation Research Program. The money was split into three separate sections by...
May 20, 2021 Jim Griffin
Farmer of the Month: Josie Kruzicki - Using Alpacas For Therapy
"When you first contacted me to be farmer of the month, I'm like, I'm not a farmer. I am so not a farmer. I don't think of myself in that same class," Josie Kruzicki of Kruzicki's Kemo Kritters LLC, -...
May 19, 2021
OSHA Releases "Dairy Dozen" List
Over the past few years, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been focusing a lot of attention on dairy farms in New York and Wisconsin because they wanted to talk with them ab...
May 18, 2021 Josh Kelahan / CC
Dairy Leaders Want Settlement Case With Canada
The U.S. dairy industry's upset with what they say is Canada's attempts to limit United States dairy exports, which goes against USMCA rules. That's why the industry's pushing the Biden Administration...
May 18, 2021 Jennifer C. / CC
Wisconsin 4-H Foundation Gives $19,000 In Scholarships
The Wisconsin 4-H Foundation has recently given out $19,000 in scholarships to students graduating high school or in their first year of college. This was a record year for 4-H members who applied for...
May 17, 2021 Alachua County / CC
COVID-19 In Meatpacking Plants Adds Over $11 Billion In Economic Damages
One side of agriculture that was hurt dramatically by the pandemic was the meatpacking industry across the nation. But, according to the University of California - Davis, the economic impact was signi...
May 17, 2021 Diana Gurley McGaw / CC
The Last Remaining Cheese Factory In Winnebago County
May is American Cheese Month so it's only fitting to hear from some of the great cheesemakers in Wisconsin. One of those being Jon Metzig from Union Star Cheese in Fremont. The factory has been around...
May 14, 2021
Denmark Students Raise Money For Fellow Student Through Drive Your Tractor To School Day
Time and time again small towns are coming together to help those in the community and in Denmark it's not different. Today is Denmark High School's annual Drive Your Tractor to School Day, but it's a...
May 14, 2021 Robert Taylor / CC
Last Call For Comment On Future Wisconsin Wolf Harvest
As part of the management plan revision process, the DNR will put together a Wolf Management Plan Committee (WMPC). Before the committee meetings, the DNR wants public input on the next decade of wolf...
May 13, 2021 Arne von Brill / CC
Why Chicken Prices Are Soaring
Turns out that soaring chicken prices are the result of popular fast-food chains releasing overwhelmingly popular chicken sandwiches within the past couple of years. At the beginning of 2021, chicken ...
May 13, 2021 Jerry Huddleston / CC
