Category Archives: WiscoAg News
2020 Fair Cancellations
- Elory Fair: June 25 - 28 - Stoughton Fair: June 30 - July 5 - Sauk County Fair: July 6 - 12 - Jefferson County Fair: July 8 - 12 - Northern Wisconsin State Fair: July 8 - 12 - Kewaunee County Fair: ...
Jun 17, 2020
UW Madison Short Course Goes Online
In case you don't know what Farm and Industry Short Course (FISC) is, it's basically fast-tracked agriculture courses to get you back on the farm in a timely manner while still teaching you what you n...
Jun 17, 2020
Kwik Trip Gives Away Free Milk
Kwik Trip teamed up with State Farm to support the communities in Wisconsin, along with the farmers for June Dairy Month. They're providing 54,000 vouchers which are good for one gallon of milk. By do...
Jun 09, 2020
2020 World Dairy Expo Canceled
The World Dairy Expo Executive Committee finalized the decision based on the public health orders and restrictions due to the coronavirus. These restrictions were put in place by Public Health Madison...
Jun 04, 2020
Settlement Announced in Diemel Brothers' Civil Case
The wrongful death lawsuit was filed in Caldwell County Missouri by Nick and Justin's mother, Lisa Diemel, and Diemel's Livestock. The defendants are Garland Nelson who is accused of murdering the bro...
May 19, 2020 Garland "Joey" Nelson
Foremost Farms Closing Chilton Plant
Foremost made the announcement this week that they plan to close the Chilton plant this Summer. The plant was built back in the 1940s and made provolone cheese. The decision to close comes after the c...
May 19, 2020
Kewaunee County Fair Canceled
In a press release just sent out this afternoon, the Kewaunee County Fair Board announced that the 2020 Kewaunee County Fair has been canceled due to COVID-19. This most likely will not be the last co...
Apr 28, 2020
Maple Tree Season in Northeast Wisconsin
Maple syrup has been flowing from these trees since 1964 and hasn't stopped since! The original owners of Maple Sweet Dairy are Don and Ev Van Deurzen. Don was telling me that when he first start...
Mar 12, 2020
Farmer of the Month: Mitch Hodkiewicz
Mitch and his wife Brooke are farmers in Lena, WI. It was a different way of life than Brooke was used to but not for Mitch. He's been farming basically his whole life. He used to help his Uncle ...
Jan 28, 2020
Farmer of the Month: Cassie Zirbel
I was happy to stop out at the farm and talk with Cassie. She's definitely a hard-working farmer, like most. Cassie's one of those people that is all about the cows and has also been very in...
Dec 17, 2019
