What's the difference between Rime Ice and Hoar Frost?
WEBJan 5, 2021 · While the dazzling display of crystalline beauty was due to the freezing fog, many assumed the frosty display was hoar frost. However, the tree branches, pine needles, and dried fall foliage flocked with spiky crystals were actually covered with rime ice.
Challenges ahead for manufacturers trying to electrify farm vehicles
WEBAug 30, 2021 · Weight, dawn-to-dusk demands pose challenges to electrifying farm vehicles. The seeds are sown for the electrification of farming vehicles, but as major manufacturers begin to develop electric prototypes, they face major logistical challenges to replacing diesel-burning machines in the field. “The critical piece of the pie for greater ...
These Wisconsin families have a multi-generation tie to farm …
WEBAug 13, 2024 · Here's a list of family farms honored at the Wisconsin State Fair for continuous family ownership for over 100 and 150 years.
Schreiber Foods hit with cyberattack; plants closed
WEBOct 26, 2021 · A spokesman from Schreiber Foods in Green Bay said on Wednesday it had resumed accepting milk deliveries, producing dairy products and shipping products to customers five days after a "cyber event" halted operations at the company's plants and distribution centers. The cyberattack on the dairy processor came just as the New York Times published ...
Total US cattle herd drops to lowest level since 1951. Why?
WEBFeb 29, 2024 · In the recent cattle and calves report, the USDA said there are 87.2 million head – the lowest such estimate since 1951. And that drives greater demand for dairy’s cull cows. The inventory of all U.S. beef cattle decreased two percent from a year ago and that decline follows a four percent decrease in the U.S. beef herd from 2022 to 2023 ...
USDA Report: U.S. dairy farm numbers continue to decline
WEBMar 3, 2021 · This week, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released its monthly Milk Production report, showing yet another annual decline in the number of licensed dairy operations in the United States. After many years of depressed prices, some dairy farmers faced an extremely tough year as the industry struggled with a global pandemic, negative Producer Price Differentials and Federal ...
The new milk: Seven years later, success tells the story
WEBJun 28, 2022 · When fairlife milk was announced in 2014, there were doubters among the dairy community. Seven years later the company's success tells the story.
WI dairy farmer returns to roots of what dairying was100 years ago
WEBDec 10, 2020 · Wisconsin dairy farmers returning to their roots. BLANCHARDVILLE, Wis. (AP) – For as long as he can remember, Jason Gruenfelder wanted to be a dairy farmer. But after 10 years of doing it the way his father and grandfathers had, he was tired. Tired of hauling feed into the barn each day and manure back …
Wisconsin’s deer population is at a critical high
WEBNov 22, 2021 · Wisconsin Public Radio. 0:03. 1:29. Wisconsin’s white-tailed deer population is the highest it’s been in decades. With the opening of gun deer season this weekend, that may seem like good news for hunters, but advocates say the overpopulation is taking a toll on the health of ecosystems and the deer themselves.
Gov. Evers announces $43 million investment in Wisconsin …
WEBFeb 5, 2021 · Gov. Evers announces $43 million investment in Wisconsin agriculture. Governor Tony Evers aims to allocate $43 million for Wisconsin's ag economy in the state's 2021-23 biennial budget. The Governor announced Friday morning that the funding will go towards "expanding market opportunities, supporting new …
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