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Life is measured by the passage of time – and the season of deer hunting gives me plenty of moments to reflect on past memories.

Memory Lane creates first-Christmas echoes

MARSHFIELD, Wis. – Memory Lane Farm takes visitors to the year 1 – or close to it. Visitors will walk through the streets of Bethlehem – complete with a live nativity and 1st-century craftsmen, bakers and farm animals. The event will fill an historic Wisconsin barn. Sophia the donkey will jo…

Envision ag possibilities in grassland

WESTBY, Wis. – On a fall day in the Driftless Area, 32 people gathered at Branches Winery to explore the current and future state of agriculture in the region. The group was there for more than just the free lunch and fine wine. Farmers, entrepreneurs, public-health professionals, county and…

Dairy learning crosses oceans

A student from the Netherlands is seeing as much as possible of America’s Dairyland while here for a semester at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Inge Lugtenberg, 21, is a student from Luttenberg, Raalte, the Netherlands. She’s participating in a dairy-management and entrepreneurship…

Mississippi River basin sees climate extremes

The Heartlands are parched.

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Barn Boards and Baling Wire

When I need a safe place to escape from the stresses of modern life, memory takes me back to the barn in winter on the farm where I grew up.

Ag lenders share concerns

The biggest concern facing agricultural lenders going into 2023 is interest-rate volatility, according to the 2022 Agricultural Lender Survey report produced jointly by the American Bankers Association and the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation – more commonly known as Farmer Mac. Alm…

Working horses just look different

People probably can’t tell the difference between the “statuses” of the horses in the photos. But Jack Daniels can. His human, Barbara Shannon, recently drove past some nice-looking draft horses; she slowed to point them out to Jack, who is 12 and 110 pounds. He gave a very quick glance at t…

From the Back Paddock

I am a man who is rich in daughters … The Iowa Waltz, 1981, Greg Brown

H-2A sees explosive growth

This past week the U.S. Department of Labor released fourth-quarter and full fiscal-year usage data for the H-2A program. Given agriculture’s ongoing struggle to recruit domestic workers and a very tight U.S. labor market overall, it should be no surprise that usage of the H-2A program reach…

Young farmers hopeful for change

Editor's note: This article is the next in a series featuring Wisconsin farmer-members of dairy cooperatives. The following article features Jason and Emily Stark, owners of Farm in the Dells of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. They’re members of Scenic Central Milk Producers.

October climate in third-warmest

The contiguous U.S. average temperature during October was 55.3 degrees, 1.2 degrees warmer than average, ranking in the warmest third of the record. Generally temperatures were warmer than average in New England and from parts of the central and northern Plains to the West Coast. For the mo…

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DOJ files complaint against Didion

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. -- Alleging 30 environmental violations, the Department of Justice has filed a civil environmental enforcement action against two of Didion Inc.'s facilities in Columbia County, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul says.

Water redistribution studied

Understanding how water flows from soils through plants and into the atmosphere – and the effect of increasingly occurring droughts on that process – is the aim of new research at Purdue University. Researchers will explore how tree roots help redistribute water in the soil.

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Poplars to be engineered

Squirrels, chickens and the unexpected

OPINION Sometimes the unexpected drops out of the sky. Well, from that general direction, at least.

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Soy innovation challenge launched

Never fear butter's here

Consumers will find that butter will be costlier heading into the holiday-baking season. The main reason is simply demand. U.S. per capita consumption of butter reached record levels in 2021. And another record year for dairy exports is possible in 2022.

Calendar: In the World of Ag

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Forage Superbowl winners named

The 2022 World Forage Analysis Superbowl featured 300 entries, which were evaluated during World Dairy Expo, held Oct. 2-7 in Madison, Wisconsin. The Brevant seeds Forage Superbowl Luncheon presented awards to the first five finishers in each category.