Category Archives: WiscoAg News

The American Farm Bureau is now taking submissions to find their 2021 Farm Dog of the Year! This is the third year they're doing the contest. The winner gets a years worth of Purina dog food and $5,00...

UW-Madison realized that a lot of events that help the farmers have been canceled this year. That's why they're stepping up by sharing some online resources that can help farmers. For example, one of ...

UW-Extension sent out some "guidance" for any 4-H events that are happening at county fairs this year. In the announcement it says nothing that happens in a large gathering will be 4-H related because...

According to the Wisconsin FFA Foundation, they've given out over $33,300 to 41 FFA members from all across the state. In order to be eligible for one of the scholarships, a student had to be a senior...

As of now (Monday June 29, 2020), one person has died and 86 have been hospitalized because of a salmonella outbreak from backyard chickens. The CDC reported that since the beginning of 2020, 465 peop...

We appreciate all of the farmers we have in Wisconsin. That's why each month we choose one farmer to give a big shout out to! It takes a special person to be a farmer, especially one who balances two ...

Thanks to a biotech company in South Dakota, they could well be on their way to finding a cure for the coronavirus by using cows. The company is using cows to make human antibodies so they can fight o...

  Wisconsin State Fair cream puffs are a staple for Wisconsinites every Summer. This year, even though the state fair's canceled, we can still get our cream puff fix! The state fair announced the...

Last Summer we talked about the world's first floating dairy farm. Now we have talks of the world's first floating chicken farm. Here's what you need to know: Where? Rotterdam. The farm will be about ...

Have you ever heard of Dexamethasone? Well, it's an anti-inflammatory drug that usually helps farm animals with stress, allergic reactions, and shock. Dexamethasone is also approved for use in humans ...