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Crops Looking Good Across Wisconsin, Growers Say

A second straight week of good weather in Wisconsin is putting smiles on farmers, who report crops are mostly in good shape at the mid-point of the growing season. The weekly crop progress report for the week ending July 12, from the USDA National Agricultural…

Local Food Businesses Reach Goals through Buy Local Buy Wisconsin Program

MADISON, Wis. — Join the growing list of local food businesses reaching their goals through the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection’s (DATCP) Buy Local Buy Wisconsin program. Proposals for Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin grant-funded projects are now being accepted from individuals, groups,…

State Budget Clears Senate, Heads to Assembly

State senators have finally passed the state budget bill just before midnight on Tuesday on a 18-15 vote. The $73 billion funding package now goes to the Assembly, where the GOP majority in that house is expected to approve it on Wednesday evening. Governor Scott…

New Potato Nutrition Brochure

The USPB has designed and printed 60,000 color copies of a new potato nutrition brochure, available to all U.S. potato industry members. The brochure was specifically designed for distribution in the offices of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), but…

Duane L. Lipke Passes Away

Duane L. “Bud” Lipke, age 90, passed away peacefully at his residence on Friday, July 3, 2015 after a courageous battle with Waldenstroms Macroglobulinemia. He was born on the Lipke Farm in the Town of Deerfield, Waushara County, on June 6, 1925, the son of…

Frances H. Guth Passes Away

Frances H. Guth of Bancroft died early Tuesday morning, June 9, 2015 at Whispering Pines Assisted Living Center in Plover while under the care of Ministry Hospice. Age 90, Frances was born March 28, 1925 in Junction City. She was the daughter of the late…

The 2015 WI Potato MobilePack Event for Feed My Starving Children was a Success!

You were a part of nearly 350 volunteers coming together in Stevens Point to pack 108,864 potato based meals. Enough to feed about 300 children for a year!! Approximately 6,200 children die each day from hunger and hunger related disease. It is truly amazing and heartwarming…

Assessing Cover Crop Adoption and Management Practices in the Wisconsin Central Sands

Paige Leytem, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is studying the phenology and productivity of several cover crops in the Central Sands (at Isherwood Co. Farms) and would like to incorporate a social science component to her project as well. She is interested…

Senate Passes Trade Promotion Authority Bill

MADISON, Wis. — On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate passed the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015. “With 95 percent of the world’s consumers living outside of the United States, the free trade agreements that will result from passing Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)…

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