5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (889+ words) Rural communities throughout Wisconsin are facing an ongoing shortage of veterinarians, leaving farmers and pet owners with limited options for animal care, especially in emergency situations. A recent story from Wisconsin Watch investigated how this is playing out in Door…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (275+ words) Recent Wisconsin Farm Related Fatalities reports released this summer indicate that injuries and deaths remain a persistent issue in rural Wisconsin. The reports from 2021-2023 were co-authored by Shutske, with Bryan Weichelt and Roger Aby, both scientists with the National Farm…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (22+ words) Wisconsin Farmer How the Dust Bowl changed agriculture in central Wisconsin forever...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (279+ words) Dry conditions continue to be a concern in the northwest. Over the past 30 days, many areas in that region have received 1.5 inches of precipitation or less, amounting to 50% or less of normal rainfall. Recent rainfall helped stabilize or improve soil…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1206+ words) The droughts that have challenged livestock and crop producers in recent years have tested the best of Midwest families, but they are a far cry from the crisis that engulfed central Wisconsin in 1934, when farmers across the state's Central Sands…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (206+ words) Availability of feed mill roasters and mobile roasters varies by region across Wisconsin. Start by finding out what is actually available near you. Not every mill or roasting outlet is set up to accept and process high-oleic soybeans, so confirm…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (18+ words) Wisconsin Farmer Wisconsin's 1934 Dust Bowl reshaped farming for generations...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (396+ words) The initiative, called the Ranchers First Initiative, expands on USDA’s October 2025 Plan to Fortify the American Beef Industry and includes new livestock risk management tools, support for local meat processing, changes to conservation and disaster-recovery programs, and efforts to increase…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (581+ words) For months I’ve been thinking about visiting my Amish friends, the Ottos, near Cambria. It took me a long time to decide to go because their farm is a two-hour drive from mine. In the meantime, I collected farm papers,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (934+ words) Knee-high soybeans cover hundreds of acres of Kellogg Family Farms, and century-old barns dot the homestead.But the most striking part about the farm in Ithaca, Michigan, are the piles of old machinery scattered across the property. “Some of this…...