Guest blog: Marian Viney It might be a media request call, a member calling in for their membership number, details about a member benefit or to talk to one of […]
Living in Senegal: From Cow to Consumer
Guest blog: Nate Zimdars *Part 1: Living in Senegal There is another aspect to my job, something I never had the opportunity to do in Wisconsin that makes work so […]
A Time to Celebrate Farm Dads
Guest Blog: Adam Wehling Like many of you, I have fond memories of working with my father while growing up on a Wisconsin dairy farm. Although I may not have […]
Why I Talk About Dairy
Almost every time I am out with family and friends, I find myself talking about dairy farming. It is something that has been a part of my life for 24 […]
Living in Senegal
My entire life I have been surrounded by dairy. Avoiding milk, cheese and cows in a state like Wisconsin would be difficult. I was fortunate to live just down the […]
Living the Farm Life Dream
When Tim and I first started dating, we always shared the same dream of wanting to own and operate a farm. Just last week, our dream finally came true. We […]
The Stumble Upon Farming
I met my wife while working at a cabinet shop. I installed the wood work in her parents’ house. We were both dating other people at the time, but began […]
Remembering World War II
Loren E. Hintz, the father of Martin Hintz, a Milwaukee County board member of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, is shown working his family’s farm field in the early 1930s […]
Are Politics A Waste of Time?
I recently traveled to Washington, D.C., for a Grassroots Engagement Training sponsored by the American Farm Bureau Federation. Leaving for this trip, I felt two very strong, very opposite emotions. […]
Spring Time Scare
Spring time in central Wisconsin is a time filled with a variety of emotions, sights and sounds. Most farmers are chomping at the bit to get into the fields while […]
A Diamond for Mother’s Day
The other day I watched my ten-year-old daughter Anna work with her show steer. It was one of those neat mom moments where I was standing around the corner of […]
The Ask
I recently joined Wisconsin Farm Bureau District 2 Board Director Arch Morton, Jr., on a membership drive in south central Wisconsin. Being new to the Wisconsin Farm Bureau family, I […]