“We met on the high school bus,” said Darlene Strack of Medford, Wisconsin, referring to her now-husband Wil.
It's that time of the year again. Agri-View offers a list of available agricultural scholarships.
Wisconsin had 3.3 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending April 14, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Despite a warm weekend, cool and wet conditions earlier in the week kept equipment out of the fields throughout most of the …
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters and outdoor enthusiasts to be aware and stay safe during the 2024 spring turkey season April 17-May 28. Hunters and public land users may be sharing fields and forests during the season and need to be aware and ale…
AGCO Corporation has launched PTx, a new brand representing its precision-agriculture portfolio. PTx combines precision-ag technologies from the cornerstones of AGCO’s tech stack – Precision Planting – and its newest joint venture, PTx Trimble, according to the company. AGCO designs, manufac…
ABBOTSFORD, Wis. – “How did we do that?” Marilyn Dukelow said with a smile. “Of course it helped that we were 26 years younger.”
Wisconsin dairy breakfasts celebrate June Dairy Month. Agri-View is publishing a calendar weekly in print, as well as online, with updates as we receive them. Email agriview@madison.com with breakfast information including time and date, location with street address, what will be included, a…
Agri-View offers a schedule of events of special interest to our readers. Some events and activities might require advance registration. Email agriview@madison.com with calendar submissions.
JEFFREYS BAY, South Africa – Farm attacks, thefts, cattle diseases and poor soils are just some of the challenges South African dairy farmers face. And lately a lack of power due to a fragile national grid is causing extra mayhem.
Cities in Wisconsin are growing. The same thing is happening all across the nation. Before our eyes houses spring up in farm fields, like a new crop. The problem is that once a crop of houses appears on land, the land won’t ever grow food again.
The rapid growth of the intensive dairy industry in the past 20 years in China has led to a substantial increase in dairy manure production, which has peaked and stabilized in recent years. From 2015 to 2020, the average annual stock of dairy cows in China was about 10 million heads and annu…
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SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Wis. – Some of Alison Gartman’s first memories involve helping her dad milk cows on the family’s 120-cow registered-Holstein farm in Sheboygan County.
The total amount of cropland decreased by 14 million acres from 2017 to 2022 in the United States, according to the 2022 Census of Agriculture released in February by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That follows a trend of cropland reduction of more than 50 years.
Wisconsin dairy breakfasts celebrate June Dairy Month. Agri-View is publishing a calendar weekly in print, as well as online, with updates as we receive them. Email agriview@madison.com with breakfast information including time and date, location with street address, what will be included, a…
A container ship rammed March 26 into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge resulting in the structure’s collapse and the tragic loss of six construction workers. Aside from the everlasting impacts to the families who lost loved ones, the destroyed bridge has physically cut off key coal, cont…
It's that time of the year again. Agri-View offers a list of available agricultural scholarships.
Agri-View offers a schedule of events of special interest to our readers. Some events and activities might require advance registration. Email agriview@madison.com with calendar submissions.
A few weeks ago I wrote about following my childhood dreams. It’s actually a complicated concept; for most our dreams and aspirations change as we mature. Along the way various influences affect what we eventually become as adults.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza – called avian or bird flu – has been found in diagnostic samples from dairy operations in Texas, Idaho, New Mexico and Kansas, as of April 2. The list of states continues to grow.
Pet food spending increased almost 12 percent during the past year, according to Circana, primarily driven by price increases. But volume sales decreased 2.7 percent year over year as consumers stretched their pet-food dollar.
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