Development of State Biennial Budget Priorities WFBF’s governmental relations team has taken into consideration the policy modifications and directions from the resolution session during the 2020 WFBF Annual Meeting as […]
5 Minutes with President Kevin Krentz
Why did you want to farm and why do you still? I began farming to carry on my father’s legacy. I also wanted to raise my children in the same […]
Suicide: When Life’s Burdens Are Too Much to Bear
“Suicide doesn’t just impact that one person; it impacts the whole family.” Brenda Statz, Sauk County Farm Bureau member Oct. 8, 2018, is a day that will haunt Brenda for […]
2020: A Year to Remember
Last year we celebrated 100 years of Wisconsin Farm Bureau. What a way to start a new century than to have 2020 hit us with its challenges. We met those […]
A Sustainable Harvest
As farmers, we know we are part of a bigger story. We are caretakers of the land for a time, following in the footsteps of generations before us. My farm […]
Help to Make the Season Bright
Anyone who’s spent any time around farmers knows that they are strong, independent and courageous, often in the face of overwhelming odds. Year after year, farmers and ranchers deal with […]
Farm Bureau Is a Partner on the Path Toward Federal Milk Marketing Order Reform
Let’s start with something we can agree on: 2020 has been an unpredictable year for the dairy industry. We began the year optimistic that the higher milk prices posted at […]
All I Want for Christmas is Rural Broadband
As I sat in my car outside a coffee shop 45 minutes away from my parents’ house, I couldn’t help but feel the anger and frustration swell inside of me. […]
Farm Bureau Member Designs Memorable Quilt
Recently, Rock County Farm Bureau member Ronna Morton-Ballmer finished a Farm Bureau-themed quilt that will adorn the WFBF office. About a year ago, Ronna was contacted to see if she […]
Connection and Support
By any measure, 2020 has been an unusual year. Some people have described it as the year when time stopped or the year where the future was cancelled. On the […]
2020 Election: The Dust Has Settled
The dust has settled after another election and the political landscape has changed once again. In what is very fitting for 2020, we have plenty of change at the federal […]
Share This, Not That
“You can’t believe everything you read on social media.” How many times have you found yourself saying that to others, or maybe yourself? Social media has become one of the […]