Summer interns hired
Two students recently earned $2,500 scholarships from the National Sorghum Foundation and BASF.
It's that time of the year again. Agri-View offers a list of available agricultural scholarships.
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Wisconsin 4-H Youth Development recently announced the 2022 Hall of Fame Laureates including five volunteers, supporters and staff who have impacted Wisconsin 4-H.
Wisconsinites named national winners
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council met virtually Feb. 16, with the topic of providing resources to farmers. Randy Romanski started the session saying it’s an exciting time when he advocates for agriculture during the state-budget development process.
It seems like such a simple question.
When an 8-year-old boy was run over on a Wisconsin dairy farm, authorities blamed his father and closed the case. Meanwhile, the community of immigrant workers knows a different story.
Cedar Crest Ice Cream of Cedarburg, Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin 4-H Foundation recently announced the winner and finalists of the 2022 Cedar Crest Ice Cream Flavor Creation Contest. The finalists will receive a Cedar Crest Ice Cream party, and the grand-prize winner will have an ice cream p…
Forty-three Sauk County, Wisconsin, students in grades kindergarten through 12th recently created posters for the National Association of Conservation Districts Conservation Awareness Poster competition. The Sauk County Land Resources and Environment Department sponsored the program locally,…
The Wisconsin State 4-H Meats Judging Contest was recently held at the University of Wisconsin-Meat Science Animal Biologics Discovery Building in Madison, Wisconsin, where participation increased 100 percent from 2022.
Students can apply for youth council
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is accepting applications for the next Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council. High school students who will be seniors during the 2023-2024 school year should apply now for the council.
MADISON, Wis. – “Keeping our animals healthy” was the topic of the Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council virtual session held Jan. 19. Members began the meeting with an icebreaker activity, sharing what they are looking forward to in the second half of the school year.
Eric Thomas Cooley, age 51, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, at home in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, surrounded by his family.
Editor’s note: The first part of the article was published in the Feb. 16 issue of Agri-View.
LADYSMITH, Wis. – What started as an FFA project with two lambs has since blossomed into a full-blown flock of about 200 dairy sheep at Maple Hill Farm near Ladysmith. The flock isn’t the only thing that’s expanded; so has the farm’s diversity. Brian and Tammy Michielson are now also raising…
Isaac Nollen, then a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, was on a four-person American soil-judging team that took first place at the International Soil Judging Competition, hosted by the 20th World Congress of Soil Science in Glasgow, Scotland.
DAKOTA, Minn. – When Lance and Chrissy Klessig moved to southeastern Minnesota their goal was to farm in a regenerative manner while teaching their customers what that means for food and the environment. Their farm consists of flowers, vegetables, beef, goats, dogs, pigs, horses, chickens, o…
Ag scholarships awarded
The University of Wisconsin–College of Agricultural and Life Sciences is hosting the ninth-annual World Food Prize Wisconsin Youth Institute, to be held Apr. 10 at the UW-Madison campus. The free one-day event brings together high school students in grades 9-12 from across Wisconsin to inter…
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The Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council held a virtual session Dec. 15, 2022; it was a snowy day in the state. The group focused on the topic “Exporting International Products around the World.” The students began the morning with each sharing a bit about their favorite holiday foods. They w…
CHAMPION, Wis. – Many of us are influenced by wealth and power; often we tend to think of success in terms of social position or professional status. But world religions teach that true success is judged differently. One wonders how many extremely successful people have lived among us – but …