It has been 2,012 miles since my last blog and we have just finished the WFBF Annual Meeting and YFA Conference. The weeks and days leading up to this annual […]
YFA Discoveries
I really believe that what you put into things is what you get out of them. What I did this past weekend fits right in with that mantra. Along with […]
10 Life Lessons for Young Agriculturists from #AFALC13
Last month, we had the chance to travel to Kansas City for the Agriculture Future of America (AFA) Leaders Conference. AFA Leaders Conference is one of the premier opportunities for […]
Family…What’s your definition?
It has been 1,437 miles since my last blog and it is just a week and a half until the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Annual Meeting and YFA Conference. I am […]
Food Rules
1. Low-fat chocolate milk is good for you. It’s better to drink chocolate or any flavored milk than no milk at all. 2. When asparagus and rhubarb are in season, […]
Where there is love…
“Where there is love, there is life.”- M. Gandhi In agriculture, we rely on the fundamental principles of life. We cultivate seeds to grow and produce grain to be used […]
Meet: LeRoy Van Asten
“These things got us to where we are,” LeRoy Van Asten says of the extensive antique collection at his Kaukauna home. From pitch forks to table forks: “It’s all history,” […]
Meet: Annette Trescher
Home: Cashton, Monroe County Family: Husband, Steve; Children, Derek (23) and Kori (19) Tell us about your farm: Steve and I are the owners/operators of Trescher Town-View Dairy which is […]
Meet: Kathy Tober
Sixteen years ago, Kathy Tober saw a boat break down on East Troy’s Lake Beulah. The Walworth County Farm Bureau member offered a stranded boater a helping hand, with no […]
Meet: Wayne Staidl
Tell us about your farm: My grandparents, Joseph and Laura Staidl, bought the original home farm in 1919. It consisted of two 40-acre parcels. Today, my son, Ryan, and I […]
Meet: Taylor Schuetz
It was as a little girl flipping through the pages of her father’s 4-H record books that Taylor Schuetz decided that she was going to be involved in agriculture. As […]
Meet: Karyn Schauf
Q&A with World Dairy Expo Woman of the Year and Barron County Farm Bureau President Tell us about your family: My husband Bob and I have four sons. They grew […]