Category Archives: Ag Newswire

Charity Tasting Event to Benefit Paul’s Pantry in Green Bay The United States Championship Cheese Contest is coming to Green Bay, and with it, an exclusive opportunity for the public to taste dozens of the nation’s best cheeses, while helping a great cause: Paul’s Pantry in Green Bay. On Wednesday, March 13 from 6:30 p.m. [...]

LaClare Farms today announces it has purchased the Sunshine Farms Distribution fluid goat milk operation to add to the growing line-up of LaClare Farms products. After March 5, customers may expect a new LaClare Farms label on all former Sunshine Farms bottled goat milk products. The high quality goat milk will come from the same [...]

Take your plan to be more profitable or modernize your farm to the next level by applying for the Growing Wisconsin Dairy 30×20 Initiative financial assistance. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) reminds dairy farmers that grant applications are due by 4:30 p.m. on March 15. The purpose of this funding [...]

Prices for soybeans, alfalfa hay, and other hay were expected to increase in Wisconsin from January to February, while prices for milk were expected to decrease during the same period. Prices for corn and oats were expected to remain level with January. Corn in Wisconsin sold for an average price of $6.90 per bushel in mid‐February. This was unchanged from [...]

Wisconsin farmers received an average price of $20.50 per hundredweight (cwt.) for their milk in January 2013, up $1.00 from January 2012. The February 2013 price is expected to decrease 80 cents to $19.70 per cwt. The expected U.S. milk price for February is $19.40 per cwt., 50 cents lower than last month and 30 cents lower than [...]

For the 12‐month period ending November 30, 2012 Wisconsin ranked 18th nationally in egg production, the same as last year. During that period Wisconsin produced 1.37 billion eggs, up 7 percent from the previous 12‐month period. The average number of layers in the state increased 7 percent, from 4.64 million in 2011 to 4.95 million in 2012. The number of [...]

Wisconsin’s 1.27 million milk cows produced 27.2 billion pounds of milk in 2012. This represents an increase of 4 percent over 2011 and is a new record for Wisconsin. Statewide, milk per cow averaged 21,436 pounds, 837 pounds more than a year earlier. In 2012, Wisconsin accounted for 14 percent of the nation’s production. Nationally 200 billion pounds of milk [...]

Wisconsin milk production totaled 2.38 billion pounds in January 2013, up 111 million pounds from a year ago. Milk per cow averaged 1,870 pounds, 80 pounds more than last January. The number of milk cows in the state, at 1.27 million, was the same as last month, but 5,000 more than last year. As of February 1, 2013, Wisconsin had [...]

Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.35 billion pounds in January, up 5 percent from the 4.12 billion pounds produced in January 2012. Beef production, at 2.26 billion pounds, was 7 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.83 million head, up 4 percent from January 2012. The average live weight was up 27 pounds from [...]

Wisconsin’s trout producers reported $2.07 million in trout sales during 2012, a $210,000 increase from 2011. In addition to sales, the value of trout distributed for restoration or conservation uses totaled $2.40 million. Sales of trout that were at least 12 inches long totaled $1.93 million, a 13 percent increase in value from 2011. The number of trout 12 inches [...]