Category Archives: WiscoAg News
Vilsack To Return To USDA
Tom Vilsack is the former governor of Iowa, the former U.S. Secretary of Ag during the Obama administration, and is currently CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council. With a long resume of impressive pos...
Dec 14, 2020
Introducing The World's Largest Hog Farm
China's top pig producer is Muyuan Foods. The company's goal is to raise more hogs on one single site than any other company in the world. People were skeptical due to African Swine Fever (ASF) still ...
Dec 11, 2020
Tom Vilsack Likely To Be U.S. Secretary Of Ag For The Second Time
The search for President-elect Biden's U.S. Secretary of Agriculture is ongoing, but according to numerous reports, he's likely to choose Tom Vilsack. Vilsack is the former governor of Iowa and was ou...
Dec 10, 2020
Luxemburg-Casco School District Introduces New Agriscience Center
The Luxemburg-Casco School District announced that they're almost done with the finishing touches on their Agriscience Center. They plan to use the center for the second half of the school year. Some ...
Dec 09, 2020
Chick-fil-A Sues Poultry Giants
Chick-fil-A is going after multiple poultry producers in a new lawsuit alleging that the companies were price fixing. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinoi...
Dec 09, 2020 FILE PHOTO: A franchise sign is seen above a Chick-fil-A freestanding restaurant after its grand opening in Midtown, New York October 3, 2015. REUTERS/Rashid Umar Abbasi
Santa Comes To The Farm Wisconsin Discovery Center
Every December the Farm Wisconsin Discovery Center in Manitowoc holds their "Milk and Cookies with Santa" event and this year's no different. Santa will be outside in his sleigh at the center this Sat...
Dec 08, 2020
Smithfield Foods Offers To Store COVID-19 Vaccines
Smithfield Foods is reaching out a helping hand to health officials by offering assistance in administering COVID-19 vaccines and storing them in ultra-cold freezers. Ultra-cold is an understatement, ...
Dec 07, 2020
Ripon High School Teacher Wins WFB's Young Farmer Award
Congratulations to Natasha Paris, she was chosen as the recipient of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau's Young Farmer and Agriculturist Excellence in Agriculture Award during WFB's 101st Annual Meeting earlie...
Dec 07, 2020
AFBF Takes Action Against Dean Foods
Farmers who shipped their milk to Dean Foods were sent notices explaining why they had to pay back a portion of the money they received from Dean Foods within the 90 day period prior to the company fi...
Dec 07, 2020
Evers Says No Christmas Tree, Assemblymen Say Otherwise
Earlier this year Governor Evers made the announcement that there will be no Christmas tree in the Wisconsin State Capitol this year. That decision didn't sit well with many Wisconsinites, especially ...
Dec 07, 2020
