Category Archives: Ag Newswire

The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation awarded 10 matching grants totaling $4,150 to Wisconsin schools and organizations to use for agricultural literacy lessons and activities. The grants provide funding for a variety of activities that help students and the public learn about agriculture. The 10 matching grant activities are:  Let’s Pack My Lunch- Ag Advertureland at [...]

Poultry and livestock farmers scored a win Monday when a federal court rejected efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to dismiss a case brought by West Virginia poultry farmer Lois Alt, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. Alt had challenged an EPA order demanding that she obtain a Clean Water Act discharge permit for [...]

Members of the Collegiate Farm Bureau will be giving students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison an opportunity to interact with agriculture at Ag Day on Campus being held Wednesday, April 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Library Mall. “We are excited to host the third annual Ag Day on Campus to help students [...]

Wet and chilly weather kept farmers out of fields this week. A series of storms brought heavy rain across southern Wisconsin and snow, sleet and freezing rain to the north. Water was reportedly standing in fields where soils are highly saturated or still frozen. Rivers and streams were reportedly at or near flood stage in [...]

Calling all Wisconsin soybean growers! It’s time to enter the fourth annual Wisconsin Soybean Yield Contest for cash prizes and trophies. The Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board knows that the state’s growers are producing soybeans more efficiently than they were 30 years ago, and wants to recognize the efforts and achievements of Wisconsin’s top soybean producers. [...]

If your spring cleaning is turning up unwanted household or agricultural chemicals or leftover prescription drugs, help is here. You can find a Clean Sweep event near you, where you’ll be able to get rid of those hazards safely. Collection dates, times and locations are posted online at datcp.wi.gov. Search for “2013 collections.” Some events take [...]

Dr. Paul McGraw has been appointed State Veterinarian and Administrator for the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection’s (DATCP) Animal Health division. DATCP Secretary Ben Brancel made the announcement today saying, “Dr. McGraw has served the people of Wisconsin well as Assistant State Veterinarian for the past nine years and I look forward to [...]

The Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) participants that maintenance and management activities on CRP acres must be completed outside of the primary nesting season, which begins May 15, 2013, and continues through the date listed in individual conservation plans. “CRP participants must not engage in any CRP maintenance or management activities [...]