While sitting through an extra-long Catholic wedding, his smartphone allowed him to check on his calves without leaving the pew. Such is the life for today’s tech-savvy farmers like Lafayette […]
Meet: Dave Daniels
Two Farm Bureau members visited Dave Daniels’ farm in the early 1980s on a membership drive and convinced him to join. He has proven to be an asset to the […]
Meet: Josh and Ashleigh Calaway
Josh and Ashleigh Calaway’s motto is to take chances and never give up, which is why they fondly call their 160 acres the “Last Chance Ranch.” “We both like pushing […]
Meet: Bill Bruins
Bill Bruins is not a nostalgic man. “It’s not who I am,” he said during a recent interview on the deck of his rural Waupun home. “It’s not time for […]
Meet: Joe Bragger
Everything on Joe Bragger’s Buffalo County farm is connected and has a purpose: The cows and the chickens, the trout and the trees, the soil and the stream. He not […]
Meet: Jerry Bradley
1848 is not only the year Wisconsin became a state, but also the year Jerry Bradley’s family established their farm in eastern Dane County. Now after five generations, Jerry and […]
Meet: Tom Oberhaus
Farming in Waukesha County often means there is little available land to expand a farm. Yet Tom Oberhaus and his family have found a way to creatively expand from within […]
Sharing Ideas, Building Partnerships
As our young Collegiate Farm Bureau organization has grown at UW-Madison, we have strived to add new opportunities for students to get involved with promoting agriculture. Trying to make connections […]
The Power of Many
It has been 2,516 miles since my last blog and county annual meetings are done so now district coordinators are gearing up for the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Annual Meeting. It’s […]
Meet YFA Member: Tim Clark
Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Tim Clark and I am the forage product manager for Dairyland Seed and a livestock and grain farmer from south-central Wisconsin. […]
Bringing the World to Our Farm
Sometimes here in Wisconsin, we get focused on America’s Dairyland and tend to forget there’s a lot of dairy beyond our borders. A reality check came a few weeks ago […]
You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks
It has been 2,214 miles since my last blog and district coordinators are finishing up their county annual meetings and celebrating another successful membership year for Wisconsin Farm Bureau. Farmers […]