Agriculture
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Once again, head of Wisconsin Farmers Union wants a new farm bill. Will there be one?Â
Wisconsin Farmers Union President Darin Von Ruden said his organization wants a new farm bill to address the declining number of dairy farms in the state.
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Regulators urge scaling back solar project due to concerns over prairie-chickens
State regulators are recommending a solar developer scale back its plans for the roughly $2 billion Vista Sands Solar project in Portage County to protect Wisconsin’s greater prairie-chicken population.
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Tribal partnership with UW-Madison combines ag research with Indigenous food knowledge
A partnership led by the Great Lakes Intertribal Food Coalition and UW-Madison received $10 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Sustainable Agricultural Systems program earlier this summer.
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Residents urge DNR to deny CAFO expansion in Pierce County
Dozens of people urged state environmental regulators Thursday to deny a large livestock farm’s proposal to expand in Pierce County that would triple the number of cows and manure generated.
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Wisconsin’s own ‘Nate the Hoof Guy’ captures internet audiences by trimming cow hooves
For more than 20 years, Nate Ranallo has been working as a bovine podiatrist, trimming cow hooves at dairy farms in west-central Wisconsin. Unlike most in the trade, though, he has millions of online spectators.
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Sweeter beets and purple broccoli: The latest in vegetables
Irwin Goldman recently visited WPR’s “The Larry Meiller Show” to discuss new vegetable varieties.
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Pasture-based farming leads Wisconsin cheesemakers to award-winning taste
Uplands Cheese in Dodgeville and St. Isidore’s Farmstead Cheese in Osseo produce award-winning cheese through sustainable practices.
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The dairy farm of the future could employ robotics
A new dairy research facility hopes to study the use of robotics in farms as a possible solution to the worker shortage.
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Fears of China-owned farmland in Wisconsin and US are exaggerated, new analysis suggests
New research shows that buyers or lease-holders from China only have 1 percent of American farmland that is owned by a foreign country, according to a paper analyzing more than 40,000 foreign investments.
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Wisconsin farm group offers help hiring foreign workers amid labor shortage
Wisconsin Farm Bureau members can get help navigating the H-2A visa program for seasonal farm workers. But some farm leaders say a more permanent workforce is needed.