Category Archives: WiscoAg News
Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council Applications Due March 31
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) reminds students to apply now for the next Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council. Applications will be acce...
Mar 18, 2025
Shop Talk at Midlakes Custom Services: A farmer to farmer event series starting March 26
Join us Wednesday, March 26, for a Shop Talk: Farmer to Farmer event. We'll discuss spring planting topics, including timing, equipment, cover crop termination, planting green, weather predictions, ne...
Mar 18, 2025
Wisconsin Jersey Spring Spectacular celebrates 26 years
VIROQUA, Wis. Entries are now open for the 26th Annual Wisconsin Jersey Spring Spectacular, set to take place May 2-3 at the Vernon County Fairgrounds in Viroqua, Wis. This prestigious event gathers r...
Mar 18, 2025
Wisconsin Checkoff Leaders Attend Cattle Industry Convention
The 2025 Cattle Industry Convention was recently held in San Antonio, Texas, and a number of Wisconsin cattle farmers attended to participate in Beef Checkoff programs and meetings. Checkoff activitie...
Mar 17, 2025
Dairy Business Association endorses Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel
MADISON, Wis. - The Dairy Business Association, Wisconsin's leading dairy advocacy group, endorses Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel in the upcoming Spring Election. The dairy organizatio...
Mar 17, 2025
All U.S. Pork Facilities Reinstated to Export to China
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 17, 2025 - The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is pleased to announce successful efforts to renew registrations of all 300+ U.S. pork harvesting and cold storage facilit...
Mar 17, 2025
Kevin Griswold Honored with 2025 Dean Strauss Leadership Award
DAIRY NEWS - Kevin Griswold was honored as the fifth recipient of the Dean Strauss Leadership Award on Thur., March 13, at the 2025 Professional Dairy Producers (PDP) Business Conference in Madison, W...
Mar 17, 2025 Kevin Griswold is the 2025 Dean Strauss Leadership Award recipient; presented in honor of former Sheboygan Falls, Wis., dairy producer Dean Strauss. The award annually recognizes a PDP member who exemplifies visionary thinking and servant leadership in the dairy community and beyond. Griswold received the honor at the recent Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) Business Conference, held in Madison, Wis.
Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation awards five scholarships to PDP Cornerstone Dairy Academy
DAIRY NEWS - Five students accepted into the 2025 Professional Dairy Producers (PDP) Cornerstone Dairy Academy earned a scholarship to the program from the Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation (WR...
Mar 17, 2025 The Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation (WROF) recently awarded five scholarships to attendees of the 2025 Professional Dairy Producers® Cornerstone Dairy Academy. From left to right: Will Cordes, Stratford, Wis; Max Schenkenberg, Poynette, Wis.; Dr. Jerry Gaska, WROF board member; and Stacy Eberly, Monroe, Wis. (Not pictured: Regan Kramer, Ames, Iowa and Chelsea Scheider, De Pere, Wis.)
Fourteen Dairy Farmers, Industry Professionals Graduate from PDP Cornerstone Dairy Academy
DAIRY NEWS - The 2025 edition of Cornerstone Dairy Academy, presented by Professional Dairy Producers (PDP), recognized fourteen dairy farmers and allied industry professionals as graduates of the thr...
Mar 17, 2025
Wisconsin farmers attend National Farmers Union Convention
OKLAHOMA CITY - Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU) members were in Oklahoma City this week for the National Farmers Union 123rd Anniversary Convention. Hundreds of farmers and ranchers from throughout the ...
Mar 17, 2025 Representing Wisconsin Farmers Union at the National Farmers Union Convention in Oklahoma City March 9-11 were, left to right, (front row) Charlotte Croes, Deer Park; Cathy Statz, Fort Atkinson; Linda Ceylor, Catawba; Jen Schmitz, Cashton; Sarah Lloyd, Wisconsin Dells; Michelle Ramirez-White, Madison; Julia Keegan, Augusta; (back row) Jerry Croes, Deer Park; Patty Edelburg, Scandinavia; Dave Rosen, Glenwood City; Krist and Rachel Kvalheim, Sun Prairie; Joshua Mechaelsen, Waukesha; and Darin Von Ruden, Westby.
