Wetlands provide numerous environmental benefits, including recharge area for groundwater, improving surface water quality and wildlife habitat. Wisconsin once had about 10 million acres of wetlands. About five million acres […]
Dear Future Self
Dear Future Self, Hi, 42-year-old Brittany. I hope this letter finds you well and happy. As I write this, I’m about to marry Sam this weekend and my mind is […]
Waupaca Student Named State Winner in Ag in the Classroom Essay Contest
Elwood Riley, a fourth grade student from Waupaca, is the statewide winner of the Ag in the Classroom essay contest. Wisconsin fourth and fifth graders were asked to write a […]
Wisconsin Ag in the Classroom Awards Thousands to Schools and Organizations to Fund Ag Literacy Projects
The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation’s Ag in the Classroom program has awarded 15 matching grants to Wisconsin schools and organizations to expand agricultural literacy. The grants, totaling more than $7,100, […]
Farm Bureau’s Institute Grads Talk Ag on Capitol Hill
Farm Bureau leaders became lobbyists for a day while meeting with Wisconsin’s congressional delegation in Washington, D.C. on April 13-14. The issues discussed were trade, immigration, wolves, food labeling and […]
Farm Bureau Survey: Farmers Want to Control Their Own Data
Farmers and ranchers want to control the information their equipment collects every time it passes through a field, a survey released today by the American Farm Bureau Federation shows. Farmers […]
UW-Madison Collegiate Farm Bureau Elects 2016-17 Officer Team
Collegiate Farm Bureau at UW-Madison elected new officers for the upcoming school year at its annual banquet on Tuesday, May 3 at the University Club on the University of Wisconsin – Madison campus. […]
Where you’re going to be. Enjoy the Journey. Not the Destination!
This is the third part in a three-part series. To read Part I, click here. To read Part II, click here. PART III I had just boarded the plane to […]
Where you are: Taking Chances and Chasing Silly Dreams
This is the second part in a three-part series. To read Part I, click here. PART II More than three years had passed since I last made a valiant effort at trying […]
Where you started, Where you are, Where you’re going to be. Don’t Give Up, DON’T EVER GIVE UP!
PART I We all have our struggles; we all have our personal demons that we fight. People all around us, and sometimes even ourselves, deal with drug dependency, depression, gambling, […]
Sonya Huebner Joins Wisconsin Farm Bureau Team
Sonya Huebner has been hired as the Administrative Assistant of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation’s Operations Division. “I am excited for this opportunity to work with Farm Bureau members because […]
A Family Away from Home
Imagine meeting a shy, young high school girl with brown eyes, dark hair and the typical brace-face appearance. She was a minority. The only real farm girl in her class […]