Wisconsin Farmers Union president Darin Von Ruden in the WIZM studio Wednesday for La Crosse Talk PM discussing the expired farm bill, big farms v. small...
Discussed a lot of things with Wisconsin Farmers Union president and organic dairy farmer, Darin Von Ruden on La Crosse Talk PM. The conversation ranged from...
If flight restrictions are any indication of when President Joe Biden will be in La Crosse on Tuesday, it looks like an early afternoon visit. The...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz has signed a bill that stops farm foreclosures until Dec. 1 for farmers struggling with the impacts of...
A new program offered through the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) helps farmers markets stay open in a pandemic. The new MDA Safe at the Farmers...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After spending two decades raising pigs to send to slaughterhouses, Dean Meyer now faces the mentally draining, physically difficult task of...
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin creamery cooperative is offering dairy farmers an incentive to quit an industry stung first by years of low milk prices...
Multiple dairy farms are watching their work swirl the drain as processors lose milk markets in the wake of COVID-19. Ryan Elbe’s family owns Golden E...
In an increasing trend, women are taking more active roles as producers in agriculture. The 2017 census showed women were the principal operators of more than...
In the midst of what the Land Stewardship Project calls a farm crisis, the cost of healthcare is a key concern for those working in agriculture....
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans are trying to speed a bill through the Legislature in the final days of the session that would transfer the...
AKRON, Iowa (AP) — In recent years, Fred Zenk built two barns housing about 2,400 hogs between them — long, white, concrete-and-metal structures that are ubiquitous...
PICKETT, Wis. (AP) — At Rosendale Dairy, each of the 9,000 cows has a microchip implanted in an ear that workers can scan with smartphones for...
Headlines from an Associated Press story sparked heated conversations in the agriculture industry. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was quoted saying “In America, the big get...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s agriculture secretary said Tuesday during a stop in Wisconsin that he doesn’t know if the family dairy farm can...
In light of a continuous farm crisis, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture is guiding farmers toward financial, personal and emotional support. Meg Moynihan, a senior advisor...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The number of female producers on Wisconsin farms increased by 16% between 2012 and 2017, according to the latest census by the...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin farmers don’t need to sell their crops to qualify for property tax breaks, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The ruling...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature has approved expanding a zero-interest disaster loan program for farmers, just in time for producers with buildings damaged...
KEWAUNEE, Wis. (AP) — Scientists are one step closer to understanding how dangerous contaminants from fecal matter are entering private wells in a northeastern Wisconsin county....
