News across Dane County
‘Perfect Sundays’ Brings Farming and Mental Health Story to the Screen at World Dairy Expo
( Featured photo: ‘Perfect Sundays’ Producer Sam Goldberg with Teri Barr following an interview at World Dairy Expo. ) For Sam Goldberg, making television has always been about telling stories that stay with people. Now, he’s using that passion to produce a series about farming,…
Wisconsin Youth Take Home Top Honors at World Dairy Expo’s Junior Holstein Show
(Featured photo: The Grand Champion of the International Junior Holstein Show went to Arolene Dempsey Ella, exhibited by Alyson Doiron of Cap-Santé, Quebec, Canada. Reserve Grand Champion honors went to Go-Sho Tatoos In Jericho-ET, exhibited by Tessa & Stella Schmocker, Sadie…
International Dairy Leaders to Explore U.S. Soy Opportunities During World Dairy Expo
Dairy industry leaders from Cambodia and Kazakhstan will be visiting Wisconsin as part of the American Soybean Association’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (ASA/WISHH). The program’s trade team is focusing on strengthening relationships between international buyers and…
Wisconsin Youth Shine at World Dairy Expo Showmanship Contest
(Featured photo: The Annette Ostrom Memorial Supreme Showman awards, from left to right, Tristen Ostrom, Jim Ostrom, Justin Brandel, Supreme Showman, Logan Harbaugh, Reserve Supreme Showman, and Wisconsin Holstein Association Princess Brianne Vandoske.) Wisconsin youth are making…
Rep. Tiffany tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election. What could a Gov. Tiffany do in 2028?
Tom Tiffany supported President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election. As governor, he would play a key role in Wisconsin's 2028 presidential election.
Ag Secretary Rollins Announces DMC Enrollment, Dairy Innovation Funding at World Dairy Expo
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins shared a message of support for dairy farmers during her stop at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin on Wednesday. And while there, she also announced a reauthorized Dairy Margin Coverage enrollment, dairy innovation funding,…
42nd Forage Analysis Super Bowl is a little Different from the Early World Dairy Expo Days
It’s a long-running tradition at the World Dairy Expo. But did you know the Forage Analysis Super Bowl is also considered one of the premiere forage quality competitions in the industry? Dan Undersander is a retired University of Wisconsin-Madison forage expert. He organized the…
October Issue
Young Wisconsin Farmer: Your Vote Matters for the Future of Agriculture
OP-ED: Written by UW-River Falls Collegiate Farm Bureau President Brooke Beardsley, Edited by the Mid-West Farm Report’s Teri Barr Growing up on my family’s fifth-generation farm, I always imagined that someday I might take over the operation. It seemed achievable. Now, as a…
World Dairy Expo’s 30-Year-Old Time Capsule is Now Unsealed
There may be no better way to celebrate the history of World Dairy Expo than by opening a time capsule — especially when that time capsule is a milk can. Former World Dairy Expo General Manager Tom McKittrick helped create the special time capsule thirty years ago to mark the…