Category Archives: WiscoAg News

Inland Hook and Line Season for Lake Sturgeon Kicks Off Saturday
Just a reminder that the inland hook and line season for lake sturgeon's kicking off tomorrow, September 5th. The season ends on Septmeber 30th, but before you head out to the lake, make sure you have...
Travis Cleven Sep 03, 2020

Harvest of Hope: Helping Farm Families Since 1986
Looking back at the beginning of 2020, we were pretty hopeful that market prices would go up and stay up...until COVID-19 hit. After everything shut down, some farmers had no choice but to destroy wha...
Travis Cleven Sep 03, 2020

2021 Dairy Strong Conference Goes Virtual
Dairy Strong is an annual conference that brings together people from all over the dairy industry to talk about the issues going on in agriculture. In a press release, it was announced that the 2021 c...
Travis Cleven Sep 02, 2020

More Free Meals for Kids Thanks to USDA
USDA decided to extend their free Summer meal program and it could go until the end of the year. In the Summer months, the program helps to make sure that every kid has something to eat even though th...
Travis Cleven Sep 02, 2020

Land Rent Prices in 2020
Turns out that farmers who rent cropland in Wisconsin are paying a little more this year. The Wisconsin Ag Statistics Service figured out the numbers for 2020 land rent prices and the average acre cos...
Travis Cleven Sep 02, 2020

McDonald's and Tyson Partner to Help
McDonald's and Tyson Foods Inc. just announced that they're teaming up to donate 1 million lbs of protein to food banks in six different states. To put that in perspective, 1 million lbs adds up to 4 ...
Travis Cleven Sep 01, 2020

College Scholarships from Equity Co-op
Here's another opportunity for college students to put some money toward their tuition. The co-op is awarding ten $1,000 and two $750 scholarships. The $1,000 scholarships are for any students that ha...
Travis Cleven Aug 31, 2020

More Horses in Wisconsin Test Positive for EEE Virus
Since the end of July, six more horses tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in the northwestern part of the state. EEE is a virus that can be spread to humans, horses, and other anima...
Travis Cleven Aug 31, 2020

Here's a chance for fair kids to win!
It doesn't matter if your county fair went on as planned or it didn't, you can still enter to win the National Corn Growers Association's Farm to Virtual Fair contest. The contest is all about showing...
Travis Cleven Aug 28, 2020

Wisconsin State Fair Helps Hunger Task Force
Normally at the state fair, they ask people to bring food or monetary donations that go to the Hunger Task Force to help those in need. Even though the fair was cancelled this year, they still wanted ...
Travis Cleven Aug 27, 2020

