As the global coronavirus pandemic cuts into state revenue generated by travel, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ 2021-23 budget calls for additional…
A handful of Wisconsin residents have taken the state agriculture department to court with hopes of expanding the list of homemade goods that …
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., has been named the new chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development…
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers called on the Republican-controlled Legislature Feb. 16 to bolster funding for K-12 and higher education and reform …
While Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed 2021-22 biennial budget is just landing on legislators’ desks this week, many in the agriculture industry have…
A series of state-level Senate bills aimed at imposing truth-in-labeling requirements related to milk, meat and dairy products has been re-int…
Gov. Tony Evers 2021-23 biennial budget proposal will include a more than $43 million investment in Wisconsin’s agriculture economy and farm f…
EAU CLAIRE — A lifelong advocate for Wisconsin’s agriculture industry who spent 26 years in the state Legislature is being fondly remembered b…
Gov. Tony Evers declared 2021 the “Year of Broadband Access” during his 2021 State of the State address Jan. 12 and announced his upcoming sta…
A little more than a year after being rejected by the state Senate as head of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Br…
A Wisconsin-based dairy initiative is one of three regional innovation initiatives that will benefit from the $22 million in funding for Dairy…
The new session of the Wisconsin Legislature began on Jan. 4, which means that new agriculture committees in both the Senate and Assembly are …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will purchase an additional $1.5 billion worth of food for nationwide distribution through the Farmers to F…
The dairy industry and politics are segments of the United States that are no strangers to upheaval.
A move made Dec. 9 by Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers intended to provide relief to an ethanol industry left reeling from driving reductions at the …
Wisconsin has an opportunity to act on climate initiatives that would increase the resilience of the state’s farmers while providing climate c…
Kevin Krentz was elected president of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation and Rural Mutual Insurance Company during WFBF’s virtual 101st Annu…
Widespread general support for the initial launch of the Dairy Innovation Hub wasn’t necessarily hard to find.
As the election approaches, President Donald Trump has inked a series of mini trade deals, hoping to convince farmers of his ability to fix th…
As the global coronavirus pandemic intensified around them, closing restaurants, schools and businesses, farmers were forced to dispose of mil…
It took a second round, but $50 million of the Wisconsin Farm Support Program funding has been distributed to farmers across the state.
About four out of every $10 earned in the agriculture industry in the U.S. in 2020 will come in the form of direct payments from the federal g…
On the heels of a letter from 19 U.S. Senators urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide schools with “flexibility” regarding schoo…
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Aug. 27 announced the recipients of funding through the Food Security I…
When the second round of the Wisconsin Farm Support Program opened applications up to smaller farmers, Earl and Karin Liebetrau were among the…
Engaging farmers and others in the dairy community in the legislative process and empowering them to stay connected with issues that affect wh…
By virtue of their work outside, farmers are able to see first-hand the challenges associated with a changing climate, from altered growing se…
Kim Reem recounted Aug. 18 how the unusually powerful storm that tore through Iowa last week destroyed her Cedar Rapids home and laid waste to…