6+ day, 20+ min ago   (265+ words) Wisconsin produces 60% of the nation's cranberry crop and more than half of the global cranberry supply. But what makes Wisconsin the ideal place for cranberries? Cranberries are native to Wisconsin, growing in the sand and peat marshes found in the…...

6+ day, 26+ min 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…...

1+ week, 25+ min 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   (22+ words) Wisconsin Farmer How the Dust Bowl changed agriculture in central Wisconsin forever...

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

1+ week, 5+ 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, 6+ 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…...

1+ week, 6+ 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, 6+ 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…...