What's the difference between Rime Ice and Hoar Frost?
2021年1月5日 · Mother Nature's handiwork can be a bit confusing at times. The development of hoar frost typically occurs on relatively clear nights when air with a dewpoint below 32° is brought to saturation by cooling.
Largest solar project in Wisconsin history approved by state …
2024年12月15日 · The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin unanimously approved construction of the roughly $2 billion project Thursday. It’s being developed by Vista Sands Solar LLC, a subsidiary of Doral Renewables, a green energy company based in Philadelphia.The company hopes to begin construction by early 2026 and …
Rising costs, falling demand cause job losses in ag industry.
2024年12月23日 · The impact of rising costs has rippled across the entire agricultural community. Farmers struggling with higher input costs and reduced income from lower crop yields and milk prices have had to cut corners, mainly by putting off big …
Here's a look back on headlines that impacted Wisconsin ag in 2024
2024年12月26日 · APRIL. Kwik Trip announced that it will discontinue the sale of Nature's Touch bagged milk across all stores beginning in May 2024. Less than a week after sick dairy cattle in Texas and Kansas tested positive for bird flu, Texas state officials reported that a person in the state has been infected with the virus after coming into close contact with the infected cows.
Something Special from Wisconsin, Wisconsin Made support small …
2024年12月18日 · For squeaky cheese curds, consider this fifth-generation farm in Stevens Point. Feltz Family Farms does more than produce milk. The fifth-generation dairy farm located near Stevens Point has also expanded to include a Farmstead Cheese Plant and dairy store where customers can purchase cheese and other products made from the milk of the family's 300-head herd of dairy cows.
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Wisconsin could see price hikes from tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China
What can farmers expect in 2025? Here's what Pete Hardin said.
2024年12月20日 · “I do not know where the UW economists got this 15-cent figure. I think it’s going to be a lot higher,” Hardin said. Dairy co-ops in the Upper Midwest want to keep the milk order and most will likely bloc vote “yes” in the name of their members, but Hardin thinks that the Upper Midwest is one region of the country that could do fine without a FMMO.
Check out the latest market report for the week of Dec. 30, 2024.
2024年12月30日 · Holstein steers 400-600 lbs: Up to 230.00. Holstein steers 600-800 lbs: 191.00-237.00. Holstein steers over 800 lbs: No test. Johnson Creek Equity Livestock: Dec. 23, 2024
John Oncken had a heart for Wisconsin family, farmers, agriculture
2024年12月10日 · In 1965, John headed east to Green Bay, working in public relations, journalism and sales as the Agricultural Director for WFRV-TV. A jack of all trades in his new position, John conducted interviews and prepared major news stories for NBC, a daily live TV program where he met agricultural news greats Orien Samuelson and Max Armstrong.
China owns less than 1% of foreign-owned farmland in the US
2024年7月12日 · A report this year from the U.S. Government Accountability Office recommended the U.S. Department of Agriculture improve the reliability and timeliness of its data.. Also this year, U.S. Sen.Tammy Baldwin introduced a bill with bipartisan support in an effort to improve reporting and enforcement of existing federal laws on foreign farmland ownership.