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Here's a look back on headlines that impacted Wisconsin ag in 2024
4 天之前 · APRIL. Kwik Trip announced that it will discontinue the sale of Nature's Touch bagged milk across all stores beginning in May 2024. Less than a week after sick dairy cattle in Texas and Kansas tested positive for bird flu, Texas state officials reported that a person in the state has been infected with the virus after coming into close contact with the infected cows.
What can farmers expect in 2025? Here's what Pete Hardin said.
2024年12月20日 · “I do not know where the UW economists got this 15-cent figure. I think it’s going to be a lot higher,” Hardin said. Dairy co-ops in the Upper Midwest want to keep the milk order and most will likely bloc vote “yes” in the name of their members, but Hardin thinks that the Upper Midwest is one region of the country that could do fine without a FMMO.
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2024年12月23日 · BARRON COUNTY, Wisconsin. Bird flu outbreak strikes a Barron County poultry farm. Another H5N1 bird flu outbreak, in a poultry flock, has been reported in northwestern Wisconsin's Barron County, the state Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection said Thursday. The identity of the commercial flock was not revealed.
Rising costs, falling demand cause job losses in ag industry.
2024年12月23日 · The impact of rising costs has rippled across the entire agricultural. Farmers struggling with higher input costs and reduced income from lower crop yields and milk prices have had to cut corners, mainly by putting off big iron purchases and hanging on to older equipment. Companies like John Deere ...
Severe drought taking toll on corn fields across Wisconsin
2024年10月29日 · “We’ve kind of had the tale of two growing seasons — wet in the spring and very dry this fall,” Clark said. The latest crop progress report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows that corn harvest for grain was 12 days ahead of the average timing. Soybean harvest, which was 93 percent complete across the state, was four weeks ahead of the average.
These Wisconsin families have a multi-generation tie to farm …
2024年8月13日 · A highlight of the Wisconsin State Fair is the annual breakfast held for the farm families who have kept their farmsteads in the family for the prestigious milestones of 100 and 150 years.
Herbicide-resistant weeds are creating additional challenges on …
2024年9月24日 · The following interview has been edited for clarity and brevity. Rob Ferrett: What is an electric weeder? Jerry Clark: An electric weed control is a large copper bar that runs across the front of a tractor with a generator attached to it.The bar is set just above the crop and any weeds that are above that canopy, come in contact with the bar.
Wet weather could impact feed supplies for Wisconsin farmers
2024年7月11日 · Why are some cornfields flourishing while others are failing? Last week, Liz Gartman, Extension Regional Crops educator for Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, Washington and Ozaukee counties, took a drive to check out the condition of crops in the West Bend area.