The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has awarded the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Saf…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Oct. 23 that it has authorized $500 million for a fourth round of purchases for the USDA Farmers …
Over the years I have written about my daughter Verena’s brain concussion and the almost seven years that she had post-concussion syndrome. I …
Steamy frost-topped haybales in the morning, donning my warm coat and hat for morning chores, a fire in the woodstove in the evening, splittin…
It was the moment of truth as I stood before the circuit-breaker box ready to re-energize the power to our house. It was fall 1994 and I had j…
IOLA (AP) — They wrote it right into their business plan — an expectation that, each year, at least half the stock on which their livelihood d…
Wisconsin Sea Grant has announced it will confer the first-ever Great Lakes Champion Award in early 2021. A call for nominations is now open a…
UW-Extension’s Heart of the Farm-Women in Agriculture program will start its statewide online “Coffee Chat” fall/winter program on Nov. 9 at 1…
Supper is over with, and I need to start writing this column. We had potato soup, side pork (from our pork we butchered last winter), cheese, …
When parts of the U.S. began locking down in March, there was panic in the grocery store.
Harvest time is usually a farmer’s favorite time of the year, but this year the adult children working the Brewer Farm had to say goodbye to b…
There is never enough time in the window between the colors turning and winter’s first blasts. I don’t know why it seems like a vortex appears…
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I’ve been called many things in my life — many delivered with colorful metaphors that would make a farmer blush. Most were delivered when I sa…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is extending flexibilities to allow free meals to continue to be available to all children throughout the e…
A Wisconsin nutrition bar business is making every effort to not make a mark — on the environment, that is.
Sally Schmidt dreamed of opening a beautiful bed and breakfast.
Few types of fresh produce say “fall” more than pumpkins and apples, even if you’re launching the latter from a slingshot.
We have entered October, which brings us closer to the end of 2020. Leaves are falling, farmers are harvesting corn, gardens are being cleared…
There is so much to love about autumn on the farm. The incessant bugs take a back seat, the humidity drops, the nights are crisp and cool, and…
What did you eat today? Where did it come from? October is National Farm to School Month, and with school under way and much of it happening a…
October fun isn’t taking a break this year at Ken Johnson’s farm in the Iron River area. The Oulu Corn Maze is open to confound and amaze intr…
There’s a hilltop spot on the farm where the fields intersect — a spot that’s always been called “The Orchard.”
World Dairy Expo has presented Michael Hellenbrand of Cross Plains, Wisconsin, with a posthumous 2020 Friend of Expo Award. This award is give…
Wisconsin 4-H Youth Development has announced its 2020 Hall of Fame laureates: nine volunteers, supporters, and staff who have impacted Wiscon…
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4 a.m. My alarm rings… I get up to make breakfast for son Joseph, eighteen. He helps me fill his water cooler and pack his lunch. His work cre…