The landscape is being remade at Larson Acres Dairy in order to accommodate a new state-of-the-art, cross-ventilated dairy barn
Nov 19, 2009 | 3:15 pm | Loading…
The Dunn family, including 83-year-old Vernon and his 89-year-old brother, still uses some 'old way' techniques at their farm in the town of Oregon
Nov 12, 2009 | 4:00 pm | Loading…
"Where did you get a piece of cheese that big?"
Nov 05, 2009 | 5:55 pm | Loading…
Most of Wisconsin's 2.9 million acres of corn planted for grain are still in the field, waiting for a few sunny days and the legions of combines that will strip the golden ears from the stalks and shell the kernels from the cobs.
Oct 29, 2009 | 2:45 pm | Loading…
"We'll have the banks paid and be a little ahead." That was how John Hollands summarized his family situation a few moments after his cows, machinery and land had been sold at auction on Tuesday.
Oct 22, 2009 | 2:15 pm | Loading…
Visit any one of Wisconsin's 150 commercial apple orchards during September and October, and you'll find families picking apples or buying apples by the bushel or bag.
Oct 15, 2009 | 3:00 pm | Loading…
What happens to dairy cows when they leave a dairy herd? The answer, of course, is that they go into the nation's food chain and end up as beef.
Oct 08, 2009 | 5:00 pm | Loading…
The dairy farmers attending World Dairy Expo are looking at new milking systems and buildings. But by and large they are just looking and taking notes for the time when they can buy.
Oct 02, 2009 | 1:55 pm | Loading…
By and large, dairy cattle judging is a quiet, almost genteel affair. But to those involved, there is tension so deep one can feel and see it go through the crowd.
Oct 01, 2009 | 12:30 pm | Loading…
Where would dairy farming be without the science and technology provided by the companies who sell the products and ideas to dairy farmers?
Sep 30, 2009 | 7:00 am | Loading…
The traffic into the Alliant Energy Center at Madison is sparse on this Sunday: Mostly semitrailers, livestock trailers and pick ups, many with out of state licenses
Sep 28, 2009 | 3:05 pm | Loading…
Klondike Cheese Co., located about seven miles west of Monroe in Green County, has succeeded by adopting new strategies, such as starting a high-tech feta manufacturing process.
Sep 24, 2009 | 2:45 pm | Loading…
It has now been nearly nine months since dairy farmers' milk prices have been well below the cost of production, and dairyland is in big trouble.
Sep 17, 2009 | 3:05 pm | Loading…
The grizzled former farmer laughed as he looked at a group of old steam traction engines -- a Case, a Huber and a Minneapolis -- all about 100 years old and getting ready to join the parade through the grounds.
Sep 11, 2009 | 10:40 am | Loading…
The grass was there first, then came the cows.
Sep 04, 2009 | 7:15 am | Loading…
In one of the biggest dairy auctions held in many years in Wisconsin, 460 Holstein cows went through the sale ring at a dairy farm in Richland County on Tuesday.
Aug 20, 2009 | 2:30 pm | Loading…
"Two thirds of the people probably think we're nuts, and the other one third knows we are."
Jul 30, 2009 | 1:20 pm | Loading…
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