Category Archives: WiscoAg News
Understanding dairy market risk, future implications
We help navigate the space of dairy market risk from understanding the basics to future implications. The first part cover dairy risk management options to important deadlines and the second part disc...
Joanna Guza Mar 06, 2025
Farmers Ready to Face Policy Challenges, NMPF Farmers Say at Board Meeting
ARLINGTON, VA - Dairy farmers from across the nation celebrated fairer milk prices for farmers and pledged to work together to meet challenges on labor, trade and other issues at the National Milk Pro...
Joanna Guza Mar 05, 2025
Report: Higher Food Prices on Average Expected This Year | Aspects of HPAI and Egg Price Strategy
Joanna Guza Mar 05, 2025
Dairy Organizations Urge Intensified Negotiations to Restore Trade Flows
ARLINGTON, VA - Leaders from the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) released the following statements today in response to retaliatory measures announc...
Joanna Guza Mar 05, 2025
NPPC's Stevermer Calls on House Agriculture Committee to Reinstitute Prop. 12 Fix in Farm Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 4, 2025 - The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) President Lori Stevermer, a pork producer from Easton, Minn., testified today on the "State of the Livestock Industry" befo...
Joanna Guza Mar 05, 2025
U.S. Meat Export Federation shares impact on tariff situation
U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) President and CEO Dan Halstrom talks about the importance of the Canadian, Mexican and Chinese markets for U.S. red meat exports. Video from U.S. Meat Export Federa...
Joanna Guza Mar 05, 2025
Gov. Evers Appoints Member to DATCP Board
MADISON, Wis. - Today, Gov. Tony Evers announced the appointment of Gary Besaw to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) Board, effective February 24, 2025. Gar...
Joanna Guza Mar 05, 2025

U.S. Championship Cheese Contest Kicks Off in Green Bay, Wisconsin
GREEN BAY, WI - The 2025 United States Championship Cheese Contest is officially underway! Now through Thursday, March 6, more than 2,400 cheeses, butters, cultured dairy products, and dry dairy produ...
Joanna Guza Mar 05, 2025 Photo from the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association

WCO members elect directors, retiring directors honored
DEFOREST, Wis. (Feb. 26, 2025) - Wisconsin Custom Operators members recently elected two new directors and honored two retiring directors during the group's annual business meeting on Feb. 19, held in...
Joanna Guza Mar 04, 2025 Back row from left: Randy Clark, Pat Johnson, Charlie Schultz, John Osterhaus. Front row from left: Jeremy Heim, Bruce Dannenberg, Steve Pesik, Maria Woldt.

Rittenhouse Hired as WFBF's District 4 Coordinator
MADISON - Jenn Rittenhouse has been hired as Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation's District 4 Coordinator in west-central Wisconsin. Rittenhouse will be responsible for working with county Farm Bureaus t...
Joanna Guza Mar 04, 2025 Jenn Rittenhouse has been hired as Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation’s District 4 Coordinator in west-central Wisconsin.

