Farming
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10 animal sanctuaries in Wisconsin (+ the animals you’ll see at each one)
Oh my! Lions, tigers, bears, and even more animals are rescued and can be seen at animal sanctuaries in Wisconsin.
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Meet the six women competing to be Wisconsin’s 79th Alice in Dairyland
Meet the six women competing to be Wisconsin’s 79th Alice in Dairyland.
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Central WI businesses set to compete at 2026 World Cheese Contest
Several dairy manufacturers from central and northern Wisconsin are set to compete in the 2026 World Championship Cheese Contest, which will take place March 3-5 at the Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center in Madison. Their products are among 3,375 entries across 150 classes of dairy products, according to a community announcement. The competition is…
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Cow cuddles and farm-churned ice cream are helping Midwest dairies thrive
Quinci Schmidt is co-owner of a dairy farm in the town of Corcoran, Minnesota, which her grandfather bought in 1958.
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Cedar Crest Ice Cream celebrates 50 years of family tradition
Cedar Crest Ice Cream is a family tradition that dates back to 1918.
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Wisconsin’s Maple Syrup Trail: Sugar shacks where you can get Wisconsin-made maple syrup
You don’t need to travel to Canada to get maple syrup from the source; peruse the options from Wisconsin’s sugar shacks.
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Mandela Barnes says Tom Tiffany puts farm families on the back burner ‘time and time again’
Mandela Barnes calls Tiffany’s rural record “ridiculous” as farmers face skyrocketing healthcare costs, a punishing trade war, unchecked corporate power, and attacks on migrant farm workers.
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Wisconsinites press Congress over unaffordable health insurance
Some Wisconsinites are looking to Congress to finish what it started this week in passing a bipartisan measure which would help lower the cost of soaring premiums that have made their health insurance unaffordable.
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Does Trump’s Wisconsin economy seem ‘A+++++’ to you? He thinks so
The real numbers about the Wisconsin economy tell a different story as 2025 crawls to a close.
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Greenhouse designs provide opportunity for year-round crop production in WI
Deep winter greenhouses (DWGs) and geodesic dome greenhouses (GDGs) are promising systems for extending the growing season and supporting local food production in cold northern areas.
