Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig said the state "stands ready" to protect livestock and farmers from screwworm. Naig's statement came in a press release issued Friday, two days after the U.S. Department confirmed the nation's first case of New World Screw Worm was detected in Texas. Screw Worm is a par...

State Representative Travis Tranel celebrated June Dairy Month at the 44th annual Crawford County Dairy Breakfast on Saturday. As a dairy farm family themselves, the Tranel's joined residents at Payne Rock Acres to support Wisconsin agriculture. Rep. Tranel, the Assembly Agriculture Committee Chair, praised local produ...

Bob Middendorf grew up on his family's dairy and livestock farm near Galena in Jo Daviess County, Illinois. He studied broadcasting at Brown Institute of Broadcasting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He got involved in farm broadcasting in the early 1980's, working in Dubuque, Iowa and later for a Farm Network based in Eau ...

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has selected a new Alice in Dairyland. Anastasia Poull of Port Washington has been selected as Wisconsin's 79th Alice in Dairyland. Poull earned three bachelor's degrees in animal science, agricultural leadership, and agricultural science, w...

The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced eleven nominees for nine open seats in the 2026 Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW) Board of Directors election. Nine districts are up for election, which began on May 1. In District 22, which covers Grant County, Patrick R. Schroeder of Lancas...

UW-Platteville National Soils Contest The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Collegiate Soils Team placed 4th in the recent National Contest hosted by North Carolina State. This was the largest National Soils Contest in its 64 year history with more than 300 students representing 28 universities. The UW-Platteville So...

The new Wisconsin Farm Bureau District 3 Coordinator is Emma Wallace. Emma grew up on her family's dairy farm near Belmont in Lafayette County, where she continues to play an active role alongside her family. she holds bachelor's degrees in dairy science and agricultural business from UW-Platteville. As District 3 Coor...

Deere & Company announced it has reached a settlement in a "right to repair" lawsuit filed in 2022, bringing the case to a close without any admission of wrongdoing. The agreement, pending approval from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, resolves claims related to customer acce...

Applications are now open for the next Alice in Dairyland. Those interested have until January 30th to apply to be the 79th Alice in Dairyland. Applicants should have an interest in Wisconsin agriculture, public speaking experience, and be at least 21 years old. The current Alice, Sarah Hagenow, says the job is a once ...

Wisconsin Soybean Association is speaking out against a potential drone ban after the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) banned the import and sale of all new drone models made by foreign manufacturers. This ban includes the world's largest drone maker DJI, adding them into a Covered List of entities deemed to...