Name: Leslie Svacina Farm: Cylon Rolling Acres Location: Deer Park, WI Farm Bureau: St. Croix County Generation: 1st Leslie Svacina raises meat goats and sheep in Western Wisconsin. On […]
Celery Crop Makes Trembling Prairie Farms Unique
When you think Wisconsin agriculture you might not think celery. At Trembling Prairie Farms in Green Lake County, however, it’s thought about every day. Owners John and Connie Bobek are […]
WFBF Promotion and Education Committee Hosts Mental Health Mini-Series
Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s Promotion and Education Committee is kicking off a virtual mental health mini-series beginning May 20. The mini-series consists of both live webinars and pre-recorded videos touching on […]
Farmers Are Worried Too
From social media threads to the daily news to overheard conversations in the grocery store, it is clear that many Americans are worried. For some, they are worried about what […]
An Open Letter to Farmers
You wake up before the sun rises. You work in the snow, wind, rain and summer heat. You work through holidays, weekdays and weekends. You care for the land, the […]
National Ag Day Activities on March 24
On Tuesday, March 24 the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation will be partnering with the Wisconsin Beef Council to host a live cooking demonstration on Facebook as part of National Ag […]
Bears Bring Challenges to Wisconsin Farmers
In late 2017 we did our farm planning for 2018-2019 season. We planned the number of cattle we wanted to raise, what weight we wanted to sell them at and […]
Fond du Lac County Farm Bureau Member to Serve on Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change
Fond du Lac County Farm Bureau member Chris Pollack was recently appointed to the Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change. Governor Evers announced the task force on October 17, which […]
Farmers Head to Madison for Ag Day at the Capitol
On March 20, more than 300 farmers and agriculturists met in Madison for this year’s Ag Day at the Capitol. The program kicked off with a transportation panel comprised of […]
True Leadership Doesn’t Require A Title
Leadership- are you born with it or molded into it? Some say it’s one or the other and some also say it’s a mixture of both. Whatever the case may […]
Nothing Like a Farmer’s Love
Valentine’s Day, a festival of romantic love. Romantic love might be one of the last items that most farmers think about. Being a farmer’s wife, I really can’t think of […]
A Day in the Life with a Cranberry Farmer
Chances are when you hear the title “farmer” you think of “someone who milks cows”. You’d be right, farmers do indeed milk cows, but here in Wisconsin, the largest producer […]
