Here’s what I know has been lost in the bottom of Lake Hallie. Three pairs of my reading glasses and one beater from my electric mixer. More h…
OSSEO — It certainly didn’t hurt to start a creamery in Wisconsin, but cheese-making was in Inga Witscher’s blood long before she ever settled…
One of us had a pet rooster named Gary.
If Bill Foy were writing this article, it’d be a better article. He’s had a lot more practice at it.
We had a good soaking rain during the night but also some lightning and wind. I am so thankful when all is okay after a storm. After our last …
In a previous column I wrote about daylilies and how easy it is to grow them. This time I would like to focus on dahlias that are not as easy …
Technology is undeniably changing farming, but there’s a surprising trend forming when it comes to what tech farmers use.
Severe weather goes part and parcel with summer — and this year is no exception.
Today daughters Lovina, 17, and Loretta, 21, and I canned 42 quarts of red beets from our garden. Yesterday we froze sweet corn and now tomorr…
It is with a heavy heart that I write this column. Brother-in-law Jacob (sister Emma’s husband) was admitted to the hospital while we were at …
If my long-running battle against woodchucks were a Hollywood sequel, I think we’d be at “Groundhog Strikes Again Chapter XXIV.”
We enter August with some much cooler than normal temperatures. We painted sons Joseph’s and Kevin’s bedrooms last week. Our next project is t…
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Today, July 27th, is grandson Ryan’s second birthday. Three little boys in our church share this date: Austin turns 3, Ryan turns 2, and niece…
The flower garden at Farmstead is completely abuzz. Hummingbirds dart from feeders to flowers, butterflies of all shapes and colors flit joyfu…
The COVID-19 pandemic posed a variety of challenges to rural schools and their communities. Many schools tackled those challenges head on with…
The Center for Dairy Research is holding a Food Fraud Workshop — a course designed to introduce food and dairy manufacturers dairy industry-ad…
It didn’t cost Iowa County farmer Scott Moneypenny a dime to give $2,500 to a local nonprofit.
Another week has passed already since I wrote my last column. It is a nice cool morning as I sit here writing. I was invited to a coffee break…
Barn restorer David Freund has found sentimentality can be one of the most compelling reasons barn owners decide to have their barns repaired …
I recently heard a term used to describe our ability to rediscover family and friends, and resume activities we couldn’t do a year ago.
As I write this, it’s supposed to reach 90 degrees on the farm. The morning started out perfectly cloudless, except for the reddish haze of hi…
It didn’t take long for dirt roads in a field south of Eau Claire to become bustling avenues once visitors, exhibitors and volunteers arrived …
The Wisconsin FFA Foundation is proud to have established the Jeff Hicken Memorial Fund, in honor of the State Advisor who passed away June 18.
Eleven youth from Wisconsin are among 36 total across the upper Midwest to receive recognition for their achievement in fair projects from Com…
