My dad, Tom Pfaff, wrote more than 100 love letters to my mother, Ann VanDunk, from 1960 to 1962. Dad, who grew up in Mindoro in western Wisconsin, was living in Albert Lea, Minnesota. He was working at the Wilson Meat Packing Plant as a hog buyer, saving money to buy a farm. Mom, who was ei…
Wayne Greier hoped to sign a deal with a utility to host solar on his acreage for some $540,000 in annual lease payments. But his community blocked the plan. A recent study found that there has been a 16% increase in local laws restricting renewable energy projects. (AP Video: Joshua A. Bickel)
Local opposition to solar has long been an obstacle for green energy developers in the United States, but some communities are working to reverse local restrictions.
Almost everyone realizes that farmers have a keen interest in weather. So do most other folks who engage in outdoor endeavors. But not many decades ago the best a person could do to predict weather was to go outside and look up and around. And then Increase Lapham, a noted Wisconsin scientis…
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It’s a once-upon-a-time story that happens all too often. It’s about the difficult topic of teenage suicide.
Tree species in deciduous forests of Wisconsin are diverse but most have a common growth pattern and anatomy. Learning tree anatomy can be helpful if a tree is used for firewood, lumber, tree fruits, sap, shade, determining strength of a tornado, whether a bole will hold a tree stand, or the…
Though spring technically begins in March, April is often when it begins to look and feel like spring in Wisconsin. As daffodils bloom and trees leaf out, the state is filled with the sounds of the season as migrating birds and pollinators return. But our April weather can still sprinkle in …
COLUMBIA, Mo. – As a row-crop farmer near St. Joseph, Missouri, Joe Lau said he’s noticing more extreme weather these days. There are warmer seasons throughout the year. Quarter-inch predictions of rain are stamped out by storms that bring 3 inches. There’s increased pressure from pests on h…
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LA CROSSE, Wis. – Mark Twain would say all his best ideas had been stolen by the ancients. He may have had the right idea. Studying and learning information from successful people in our field of endeavor can save much time and some heartache. For organic farmers and for farmers who would li…
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MINDORO, Wis. – An old saying is that if something looks like a turkey and gobbles like a turkey, it’s a turkey. But instead it could be Jeff Fredrick, Wisconsin’s 12-time turkey-calling champion. He’s won numerous awards including at the national level.
... Central US | Frost Analysis for Spring | April-May Forecast Updates + Another Look at Strong El Niño Analogs and the NEW ECMWF Seasonal Forecast
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An egg, a seedling, an eaglet, a fawn, a tadpole, a flower bud or a fungus mycelium are all the start of something great outdoors. Embryonic stages of plants, animals and fungi often have little resemblance to the adult species they grow to become. It’s exciting, helpful and great outdoors f…
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