Lisa Gantner is very involved in the Ozaukee County Farm Bureau. She is a Farm Bureau Institute graduate, serves as the county’s women’s chair, Ag in the Classroom chair and helps with […]
Wisconsin Farm Bureau is made up of members from different walks of life. Want to get to know some members from around the state?
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 […]
Meet: Mike Salter
As the Outagamie County Farm Bureau President, Mike Salter stays pretty busy. When he is not wearing his president hat, he is wearing his boots and spending time in his […]
Meet: Jordan Riley
“I feel really fortunate to work with animals and to grow up in the agriculture world, not everyone gets to do that,” said Jordan Riley who grew up on Riley […]
Meet: Don Radtke
Don Radtke has learned that you never stop learning. Whether in his professional career working with future farmers or as a board member for the Wisconsin Farm Bureau and Rural […]
Meet: Kathleen Papcke
Q: What do bees, chickens, Farm Bureau, catering, ag surveys, Canada and quilting have in common? A: Farm Bureau Member Kathleen Papcke Kathleen Papcke’s life, passions and paths are diverse. […]
Meet: Derek and Charisse Orth
Youthful, optimistic and ambitious: Derek and Charisse Orth could be the poster couple for the Wisconsin dairy industry’s future. Among the newlyweds’ goals is to build a premier herd of […]