As internet access — or lack thereof — in rural Wisconsin continues to be in the policy spotlight, a talking point has become something of a mantra:
It is just after 5 a.m. and my husband Joe and sons Benjamin, 21, and Joseph, 18, have all left for another day’s work. Daughter Lovina, 16, w…
At this point in my year as Wisconsin’s 73rd Alice in Dairyland, it is no surprise to me that Wisconsin’s agriculture industry is tremendously…
The arrival of spring on the farm means plenty of fieldwork. But it also means livestock breaking through fences to arrive at the greenness on…
Northwestern Wisconsin got a literal wakeup call about the return of storm risks on April 6 when conditions went from mostly cloudy to fast-mo…
The Executive Committee of Wisconsin Farm Technology Days 2021 Eau Claire County confirmed April 7 that the show will go on, with key COVID-19…
It’s the last day of March. The rain during the night brought colder temperatures this morning. Friday will be Good Friday so everyone will be…
“So, you have the plants on top and the fish underneath?”
Ever since my first newspaper column was published in 1983, I’ve always strived to craft something that readers could really sink their teeth into.
The Wisconsin Youth Livestock Program, UW-Madison Animal and Dairy Sciences Department, UW-Madison College of Agricultural Life Sciences and U…
The 2021 AgrAbility of Wisconsin Virtual Summit will be hosted on Zoom April 13–15, from 11 a.m. to noon each day. All are welcome to attend a…
Fieldstone silos in Wisconsin aren’t all that common.
Spring has officially begun! Signs of spring are everywhere and an almost 70 degree warm, sunny day shows us most of winter is behind us.
Six months after Eugene Dvorachek’s wife passed away in 1988 he received a small but thoughtful Christmas gift.
Spring is in season, and Clark County greenhouses are about to be in full bloom.
The rhythms of spring are arriving on the farm a little early this year, as daytime temps rose to the upper 50s just the other day. A neighbor…
Words are my companions; many are welcomed back like old friends. One that comes to mind every year at this time is harbinger.
Like Megan Turner, many visitors to Schumacher Farm County Park can envision Wisconsin farm life in the early 20th century while spending time…
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin announced earlier this month the next round of recipients for the Broadband Expansion Grant Program…
Native plant sales are blooming across the state through April, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. By planting native…
SPOONER– Little by little, the ugly shadow of COVID-19 that has engulfed the world for a year is beginning to retreat as activities return and…
It’s Tuesday evening. Supper is over and the dishes have been washed. Daughter Susan and children Jennifer, 3, and Ryan, 1, are staying here f…
They are classic food pairings: peanut butter and jelly, spaghetti and meatballs, macaroni and cheese.
Mud season has arrived on the farm, with snow piles receding, the gravel lane growing soupy, the compost and manure piles waking up with their…
Cybersecurity breaches are almost inevitable, said Jeremy Cherny, president and founder of Tobin Solutions. A breach may be major or minor, bu…
As I grow older and memories fade with each passing day, the ones that remain clear are those with family. I also still remember lyrics of obs…
The Wisconsin Master Gardener Program will be celebrating Master Gardener Volunteer Week April 5-9.