NEWTON, Wis. – Coming down off the ridge from Westby in Vernon County, Wisconsin, the road winds around the hill and drops into the valley. Th…
“As mayors, we believe that now is the time for transformative investments in our nation’s infrastructure that will benefit our residents for …
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MARATHON COUNTY, Wis. -- Mark Easker of Norrie Lake Dairy Farm in Birnamwood, Wisconsin, lives the story of what has happened to many dairy fa…
KEOTA, Iowa – When Levi Lyle was looking for a way to control weeds in his 60 acres of organic fields, he kept hearing rumors of a machine tha…
Recent findings from an Iowa State University research team challenge previous understanding of the genetic control of traits associated with …
In Washington, policy focus is shifting to building for the future. On the rural front agriculture has its swagger back.
One out of every three acres in the United States is rangeland. Two-thirds of those are privately owned, mainly by ranchers who graze their li…
Fifteen years of wetlands research by Iowa State University clarifies their performance as beneficial systems for reducing nitrogen pollution.…
Innovations in engineering and technology for agricultural, food and biological systems recently were recognized by the American Society of Ag…
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has declared 2021 as the “Year of Broadband Access.” There has been a great deal of discussion about making broadban…
Land managers know one of the best ways to prevent forest fires is to set fires. Periodic controlled or prescribed burns can reduce the amount…
OPINION The Rebuild Rural Coalition thanks President Joe Biden for his infrastructure proposal. It offers a good starting point for discussio…
Capital-gains taxes are based on the change in the value of an asset such as farmland, livestock or timber when that asset is sold. Currently …
The Driftless Area region of Wisconsin where I live is blessed with abundant rivers and streams that flow through our valleys, which we call c…
OPINION The Family Farm Action Alliance applauds the reintroduction of the Climate Stewardship Act in both chambers of Congress. The legislat…
The span of time is hard to fathom. A human lifespan is just one dot on the line of time. Time passes quickly for us but seems slow in the sen…
If farmers could earn a $5-per-acre discount on crop insurance for planting cover crops, more farmers might add the conservation practice to t…
At a farmer meeting I attended recently, the hot topic was carbon-reduction contracts. There was a lot of curiosity, confusion and skepticism …
“It’s a lot of work” is often said about the process of maple-syrup production. The same goes for dairy farming.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s annual Prospective Plantings report, released March 31, is the first look at the 2021 planting intentions…
OPINION It’s disappointing that President Joe Biden put forth a robust $2 trillion infrastructure plan that overlooks the urgent need to expa…
Organizers of the world’s largest agricultural-machinery show have made the difficult but inevitable decision to postpone this year’s Agritech…
What a difference a year makes. In 2020 the spring crop-insurance prices for corn, soybeans and cotton were near the least-expensive levels of…
OPINION We have the opportunity to do something groundbreaking for rural Wisconsin – and here’s how we can make it happen.
“We have the best success with frost seedings and inter-seedings when we incorporate them into a grazing system as a routine part of our pastu…