Category Archives: WiscoAg News
Large Farms Take One-Fifth of COVID Payments
Some facts about the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) that you may not know. The average payment for farmers was less than $16,000. The 1% of farms that are large received 22 times more mone...
Sep 28, 2020
U.S. Egg Farmers Donated at Record High
Big shout out to egg farmers in the U.S. because they've been donating more than ever this year! According to new donation numbers, America's egg farmers have donated over 46 million eggs so far in 20...
Sep 25, 2020
Wisconsin's Wolf Population Growing
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released new numbers on the wolf population in the state. According to the DNR, 1,024 to 1,057 wolves lived in Wisconsin in 2019. They come up with these ...
Sep 24, 2020
Wisconsin Farmer Plants Millions of Sunflowers to Bring Joy
Scott Thompson's a fourth-generation farmer and the owner of Thompson Strawberry Farm located in Bristol, WI. Once COVID-19 hit, he decided to plant two million sunflowers in his fields because he kne...
Sep 23, 2020
From the Vineyard to the Wine Glass, Grape Harvest is Here
One side of agriculture that doesn't get as much attention in Wisconsin as it should is the wine industry. To get an idea of how the harvest season goes for a vineyard, I stopped at Parallel 44 Vineya...
Sep 23, 2020
DOT Extends COVID-19 Hours of Service Waivers
The DOT's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that they decided to extend their COVID-19 Hours of Service (HOS) waivers for those transporting livestock and livestock feed. The exten...
Sep 22, 2020
Local FFA Member Wins National Essay Contest
A big congratulations goes out to Mishicot FFA's President, Sam Anhalt. She was named the National Essay Contest Winner by Culver's! FFA members all over the country were asked to write about a woman ...
Sep 22, 2020
Indian Summer Honey Farm: How a honey farm operates in two states.
September is National Honey Month, so I stopped out at Indian Summer Honey Farm in Germantown to talk with the man who established the farm, Chris Werner. Chris started the farm back in 1982 and in 19...
Sep 21, 2020
Kid Sells Pig and Donates to Former Ag Leader
Graysen Garfield was the last one to go into the auction ring with his pig at the Southwest Livestock Show in Utah this past weekend. While most of the pigs were selling for about $1,000...he had no i...
Sep 18, 2020
Hunters Encouraged to Test for CWD in Certain Counties
The first deer with Chronic Wasting Disease in the state were discovered in 2002 and now it's been an issue in some counties. That's why natural resources officials are asking hunters to test their de...
Sep 17, 2020
