Does it seem like everyone is talking about sustainability? They are. We are at a pivotal moment in agriculture to adopt new practices and management styles to maintain and expand […]
Nominations Open for WFBF’s 35 Under 35 Award Program
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Young Farmer & Agriculturist Committee, in partnership with Insight FS, is now accepting nominations for the second year of the WFBF 35 Under 35 award program for […]
Wisconsin Thanksgiving Meal Price Tracks Below National Average
The price of a Thanksgiving meal in Wisconsin is 4.3% more this year according to Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s annual Marketbasket survey that rang in at $74.54. The Marketbasket survey is […]
Your Legacy Involves Sustainability: One Year Later
A year ago, I shared what I knew sustainability to be. I reminisced about my father rotationally grazing his dairy cattle and using a nutrient management plan more than two […]
WFBF Leadership Class Participants Take Steps to Become Agriculture Advocates
It is a Wisconsin Farm Bureau tradition for each WFBF Leadership Institute class to take a photo on the steps of the nation’s capital in Washington, D.C. What did they […]
Have a Sustainable Summer with Wisconsin Beef
Are you firing up the grill this weekend? As we remember and honor those who served our country, over half of Americans will enjoy burgers, hot dogs, brats, steaks and […]
Farmers: The Original Recyclers
For Wisconsin farmers, recycling goes beyond the green and grey bins at the end of the driveway on trash pick-up day. They have been reducing, reusing and recycling their resources […]
The Cranberry’s Sustainable Splash
Gaynor Cranberry Company is proudly owned by the Dempze family, who have been growing cranberries in Wood County for over 140 years. Heidi Slinkman and her sister Jennifer Dempze are […]
Technology Drives Sustainability
The motto “Farming for the Future” and term “sustainability” go hand-in-hand. At Heartland Farms, owners Jeremie and Alicia Pavelski are living out that motto with a commitment to energy efficiency […]
Feeding Edible Food Waste
At Wiese Brothers Farms in Greenleaf, Wisconsin, they are always looking for opportunities to implement diverse products in their total mixed ration (TMR) to feed their dairy cattle. Dan Wiese, […]
Stewards of Community, Land and Animals
Roth Feeder Pigs, Inc. is a fifth-generation farrow-to-wean swine farm in Wauzeka. AV Roth and his wife Christine love to involve their kids in the farm and always stress the […]
Innovation and Conservation
Chris and Brenda Conley own and operate High-Gem Holsteins and Normandes in Neosho. In 1927, Chris’ great grandparents started the farm. They decided to settle in the southern portion of […]
