Alison Kepner of Sauk County, Brian Preder of Waupaca County and Beth Schaefer of Marathon County have been appointed to the Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s Young Farmer and Agriculturist (YFA) Committee […]
Poll Shows Broad Support for Endangered Species Act Reform
Most Americans think the Endangered Species Act is outdated and needs to be revised, a survey by Morning Consult shows. The poll conducted in early August adds impetus to congressional […]
More than 70 Leading Agriculture Organizations Call on Congress to Pass the ‘SAFE Trucking Act’
Groups Highlight Safety & Efficiency Benefits of the Bipartisan Legislation & Urge Congress to Include It as an Amendment to Highway Bill More than 70 of the nation’s leading food […]
Governor Scott Walker Seeks Applicants for 2016 Grow Wisconsin Dairy 30×20 Producer Grant
Governor Scott Walker and the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) are seeking applications for the next round of Grow Wisconsin Dairy 30×20 producer grants. The Grow […]
Big Data Brings Farmers New Rewards, New Risks
Farmers and ranchers see tremendous benefits with technology, but can’t turn a blind eye to the privacy concerns that remain, Missouri Farm Bureau President Blake Hurst told the House Agriculture […]
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Welcomes Paul Ryan as House Speaker
The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation would like to extend the warmest welcome to Paul Ryan as House Speaker. “Congressman Paul Ryan is the right person for the job as Speaker […]
Will Cecil and Cecily Serve As Wake-up Calls?
We live in a society where people see little difference between pampered pets and livestock; where social media can generate a firestorm of public outrage about the death of an […]
Katie Reichling Graduates from Women’s Communications Boot Camp
The American Farm Bureau Federation honored 16 farm and ranch leaders as graduates of the organization’s ninth annual Women’s Communications Boot Camp, including Wisconsin’s own Katie Reichling. “The Women’s Communication […]
Farmers Make the Best Lobbyists
While they may have wished to be farming back in Wisconsin, the three days in Washington, D.C., that I spent with a group of Farm Bureau members in September produced […]
How to Survive Another 150 Years
Survivors. That’s how Ben Brancel, Wisconsin Department of Ag, Trade and Consumer Protection Secretary, described the multi-generational audience of calloused hands and humble smiles before him. I was honored to […]
Labor’s Two-Headed Monster
Depending on what you read and who you listen to, your opinion of our nation’s workforce’s most pressing problem probably focuses on either worker shortages or immigration. Could these two […]
Meet: Arch Morton Jr.
Learning from what life dishes out is a lesson Arch Morton Jr., knows well. A barn fire and Farm Bureau’s Leadership Institute course are two starkly different events that helped shape his […]