5+ day, 23+ 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, 23+ 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, 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   (18+ words) Wisconsin Farmer Wisconsin's 1934 Dust Bowl reshaped farming for generations...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (761+ words) wisfarmer.com Judge rejects Wisconsin CAFO permit in Pierce Co. over groundwater concerns An administrative law judge has found that Wisconsin environmental regulators failed to ensure that a large livestock farm in Pierce County would meet standards to protect groundwater…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (220+ words) RICHLAND COUNTY, Wisconsin – The Ithaca School District confirmed that freshman Briggs Maxwell, died in a farming accident on Aug. 27 in Richland County. According to the Richland County Sheriff's Office, the 14-year-old died following a farming accident involving a skid loader…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1203+ words) This story is the first in “Tough Times,” a Harvest Public Media series looking at the economic stress that many American farmers are facing in 2026. Rows of green corn blanket Pat Mullooly’s farm in southern Wisconsin. After months of preparing…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (362+ words) Wisconsin has a new visitor buzzing through its prairies, meadows and grasslands, and it's hard to miss. Luckily for Wisconsin, this arrival lacks the alarm of when “killer bees” (Africanized honey bees) first appeared in the U.S. in Texas…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (657+ words) WEST ALLIS — Wisconsin's dairy industry took center stage Aug. 13 as dairy manufacturers, supporters and enthusiasts gathered at the Saz's Hospitality Pavilion at Wisconsin State Fair Park for the annual Blue Ribbon Dairy Products Auction and the announcement of the 2026 Wisconsin…...