OPINION I just want to tell you that the story you had on the farms of Saskatchewan was an excellent article; I’d like to compliment you on that. (Jan. 12 issue of Agri-View)
OPINION Thanks for the in-depth article on Canadian-prairie agriculture. (Jan. 12 issue of Agri-View)
OPINION Your well-written article on farming in the Canadian breadbasket of Manitoba and Saskatchewan was greatly appreciated by me. (Jan. 12 issue of Agri-View) Three of my great-uncles as poor, young men in 1911 emigrated from southeast Iowa to Saskatchewan and started homesteading. They …
OPINION Paul Bickford of Ridgeway, Wisconsin, a beloved friend and mentor to many in this community, died in a farm accident Aug. 23. Paul was an innovative organic farmer, a generous teacher, and a kind-hearted friend to countless people across generations and geographies. He started his c…
OPINION During the past few years we’ve seen extreme activists in Polk and Burnett counties in Wisconsin advocating for the end of any large livestock agriculture. And in a recent article their real intensions were made clear. In an online publication one extremist states that a “small” far…
OPINION As dairy farmers, caring for the natural resources is an inherent part of what my family and I do each day – not just on Earth Day.
OPINION It’s all too easy to look at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange right now and think, “Wow, class III is $23 per hundredweight! It’s about time dairy farmers got a break.”
OPINION Farmers and other community members throughout Polk and Burnett counties in Wisconsin recently came together to proudly display messages in support for agriculture on five billboards along Wisconsin highways 70, 35 and 8.
Bird flu is back. It’s a wild thing right now and hopefully we can keep it that way.
OPINION During June Dairy month it’s a perfect time to have a conversation about how the general public is being misled about the food they consume. As a dairy farmer I’m really glad to see that Wis. Sen. Howard Marklein, R-17-Spring Green, is working on Truth in Food Labeling legislation a…
OPINION Earth Day 2021 finds a country overwhelmed by interconnecting crises. A worldwide pandemic, an economic disaster, racial discord and overarching all of this is a climate crisis that exacerbates all of the above. We are experiencing a crisis within a crisis.
OPINION I’m writing in response to Wayne Pacelle’s article regarding wolves in the March 4 issue of Agri-View. Mr. Pacelle falsely claims wolves are endangered. They are not. According to The Wildlife Society, Wisconsin’s wolf population grew 15 percent from a 2018-2019 count of 914-978 wol…
OPINION Wis. Sen. Howard Marklein, R-17-Spring Green, is the co-chair of Wisconsin’s budget committee. Before he was elected to the legislature he spent his professional career as a certified public accountant. I’m glad we have a CPA watching over the state’s checkbook.
OPINION In America all voters must have fair and equal representation. Gerrymandering prevents that. The political party that controls the state government is able to draw the maps every 10 years. Wisconsin Republicans in 2011 used political consultants armed with high-tech software to tink…
OPINION I’d like to offer a rebuttal to what I feel was a short-sighted and inaccurate letter to the editor recently published. I’m quite disappointed that it undercuts so many of the great articles in the Agri-View that highlight the successes of young farmers promoting soil-health practices.
OPINION False prophets are not just a phenomenon of ancient times. In April 2020 experts predicted that as many as 60,000 people might die from COVID-19 in this country. People reacted in disbelief. In a nation with such great technology, a fervent commitment to rule of law, churches inspir…
OPINION As an owner and Master Cheesemaker at Klondike Cheese Company in Monroe, I’m thankful to see Wis. Sen. Howard Marklein, R-17-Spring Green, re-introducing his Truth in Food Labeling legislation to promote dairy-product protections in our state.
OPINION During the past couple weeks I’ve been involved in discussions regarding the political efforts to change the cultural practices of American agriculture. The discussions bring in various terms we’ve all heard – “green new deal,” “climate change,” “carbon credits,” “carbon tax(es),” e…
OPINION I wanted to write in to express something I have been thinking about for a while. The last semi-load of steers we shipped out cemented my decision to go ahead and do it.
OPINION Organic farmers trying to compete with their conventional counterparts for tillable land have been at a disadvantage for a number of years. The two most obvious that come to mind are the ever-present markets and weather.
OPINION Americans spend less on food as a percent of their incomes than anyone else in the world, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That may seem like a good deal, especially for people who struggle to make ends meet.
OPINION After I graduated from high school I had a real urge to become involved in agriculture. I started working on a local dairy farm for a few years and then decided I wanted a dairy farm of my own. It appeared the majority of local dairy farms were successful. In addition I opened a far…
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OPINION A letter signed by 2,130 farmers and ranchers was recently delivered to Congress to highlight the impacts of the climate crisis on agriculture as well as the opportunities for farmers to lead on climate solutions. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and farmers and ranche…
OPINION Even though my days as a farm journalist are growing farther and farther behind me in the rearview mirror, the desire to know what’s going on in the world is one that I still haven’t been able to shake. One day I was reading “Wisconsin Ag Connection” as I do before chores every morn…
OPINION The “Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act,” S-1640, is the only bill that supports the foundation of the dairy industry – our small family farms. Historically farm bills have been well-lobbied for by processors and retail interests with money that should have been paid to producer…
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