1. What is the Pork Checkoff? Required by the 1985 Pork Act, all U.S. pork producers contribute to the Pork Checkoff. The current pork checkoff rate is 40 cents per […]
Rural Mutual Insurance Company Offers Farm Safety Resources
From the number one farmer insurer in Wisconsin, Rural Mutual would like to bring attention to National Farm Safety and Health Week- September 17 – 23. There is no doubt that farming […]
Netflix Is No Friend To Farmers
The only way I can describe my emotions when reading this article, from the American Council on Science and Health, is disappointed. Don’t have time to read the whole article? […]
6 Myths About Farm Size
There is a lot of talk about farming, farm size and the food we eat. With all this talk, is a lot of misinformation. Let me help you debunk some […]
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 […]
Rudolph Student Wins Ag in the Classroom Essay Contest
Max Hetze, a fifth-grade student from Rudolph, is the statewide winner of the Ag in the Classroom essay contest. Wisconsin fourth and fifth graders were asked to write a 100-to-300-word […]
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 […]
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 […]
We Need More Cheering in Agriculture
They say that you are never too old to learn and a few weeks ago I learned a good life lesson. Our daughter Natalia has some cognitive disabilities and has […]