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Chris Szydel began working as a milker at Pagels Ponderosa nearly 30 years ago. Today, he's the herd manager of both the Pagel Ponderosa and Hilltop Farm dairies and oversees three different parlors and 65 employees.

Ask any dairy farmer how they feel about today’s markets and they will say that the economics don’t add up. This is true in any state, but certainly being highlighted in Wisconsin, as last year they lost 455 dairy farms.

During a year full of farm consolidation, Organic Valley, the largest dairy cooperative of organic farmers in the nation, added an additional 84 farms to its membership in 2023.

The availability of livestock workers was ranked as more limited than crop workers and finding long-term help seen as more difficult than temporary help due to the seasonal nature of the ag industry.

Global grains merchant ADM said on Monday it will acquire Revela Foods, a Wisconsin-based developer and manufacturer of dairy flavor ingredients and solutions, to bolster the company's flavors portfolio.

And the official judges of World Dairy Expo 2024 are...

Grilled cheese is a staple food for children across America. But two Wisconsin brothers decided to take their version of grilled cheese sandwich to the next level.

World Dairy Expo, and therefore Madison, Wis., serves as the meeting place of the global dairy industry — bringing together crowds of 60,000 people from nearly 100 countries.

Wisconsin's Governor wants to tackle the state's farm crisis.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers extolled lawmakers during his State of the State speech Wednesday to work together to address the state's farm crisis.

Wisconsin, known nationally as the nation’s dairy state, lost 818 dairy farms in 2019, a full 10% of its dairy herds.

The milking facilities at Kinnard Farms in Casco Wisconsin were built for the long haul.

The vote to oust Gov. Tony Evers' Cabinet secretary was the latest in a series of skirmishes between the governor and the GOP that comes as Wisconsin is losing dairy farmers at a record pace.

AgriTalk and U.S. Farm Report broadcast from University of Wisconsin-Madison, digging into some of the unique programs, perspectives the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has to offer.

The Diemel brothers’ business was based in the dairy community of Bonduel, Wisc., and the community has rallied around the Diemel family.

The dairy state is continuing to lose dairy farms. From January to July, Wisconsin lost 491 farms.

A Braymer, Missouri man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of two Wisconsin ranching brothers missing since June 21, 2019.

Partnership aims to build trust in dairy by telling farmer stories to urban Wisconsinites

Wisconsin has seen 449 dairy farms exit the business, a loss of 6% so far this year. Meanwhile, 10,000 dairy operations across the country could begin to see their Dairy Margin Coverage payments arriving in the mail.

Two Republican legislators want to spend nearly $8 million annually to create dairy research programs at three University of Wisconsin System schools.

Wisconsin Republican legislators want to join two lawsuits before the state Supreme Court that will determine the extent of environmental regulators’ powers.

Like their human caretakers, dairy cows need top-notch medical care to stay healthy. Illness can drop milk production and threaten the rest of the herd, meaning a big headache and lost money for the state’s dairies.

Some Wisconsin dairy farmers are crediting creativity and investments in innovation for their success after seeing hundreds of peers leave the industry last year.

Scientists are one step closer to understanding how dangerous contaminants from fecal matter are entering private wells in a northeastern Wisconsin county.

Calf and heifer raisers from across the country are encouraged to attend the 2019 Annual Conference of the Dairy Calf and Heifer Association, April 9-11, 2019, in Madison, Wis.

A Wisconsin teenager who was spiking his stepdad’s energy drinks as practical joke with cattle tranquilizers has admitted to the crime that could end up in jail time.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is proposing the state spend $30 million toward a planned $90 million expansion of the Alliant Energy Center’s exposition hall in Madison.

University of Wisconsin veterinarian and professor Kenneth Nordlund responds to concerns of livestock's contribution to greenhouse gases after the announcement of the Green New Deal.

Wisconsin dairy farmers are facing higher trucking costs as an oversupply of milk continues to strain the market, according to a report released this month.

Firefighters from the Reeseville Fire Department in Wisconsin were able to put out a barn fire that sent one farm employee to the hospital.

Wisconsin dairy farmers are facing higher trucking costs as an oversupply of milk continues to strain the market, according to a report released this month.

When the 20th U.S. Championship Cheese Contest is takes place next month in the atrium of Green Bay’s Lambeau Field, judges will have a record number of entries to score from around the country.

Calls to the Wisconsin Farm Center, which helps distressed farmers, were up last year, including a 33 percent increase in November and December compared to the same two months the previous year.

A Wisconsin solar project has pitted farmers against each other and driven a wedge between supporters of renewable energy.

A judge has restored Wisconsin’s authority to protect water quality after ruling it was improperly given up in a settlement with a dairy industry group.

Registration is now open for the 2019 Dairy Calf & Heifer Association (DCHA) Annual Conference, April 9-11, at the Madison Marriott West, Middleton, Wis.

Wisconsin has said goodbye to 638 dairy herds in 2018 alone.

Canadian dairy company Saputo Inc. is purchasing two cheese processing plants in New Mexico and Wisconsin, helping expand the dairy processors footprint in the U.S.

Canadian dairy company Saputo Inc. is purchasing two cheese processing plants in New Mexico and Wisconsin, helping expand the dairy processors footprint in the U.S.

The growing season in Wisconsin and other areas in the upper Midwest this year has been a challenge. 

The 2018 A.C. “Whitie” Thomson Memorial Award was awarded to Mike Holschbach of Heatherstone Enterprises in Baraboo, Wis., at the 2018 World Dairy Expo.

Dairy farmers and trade groups in Iowa, Michigan, New York, Vermont and Wisconsin support the latest trade deal negotiations with Canada and Mexico.

Focusing on reducing their carbon footprint, Emmi Roth, a Fitchburg, Wis., specialty cheese operation, will add 1,600 solar panels to its Platteville, Wis., plant.

The Industry People of the Year are the owners of Sunshine Genetics in Whitewater, Wisconsin, Dr. Dan Hornickel and Dr. Chris Keim.

Flood waters can contain sewage, bacteria and other toxins that can contaminate both standing crops and stored feeds.

Dedicating their lives to their local dairy communities and the greater global dairy industry, the impact of each of these individuals has reached around the world and back

For some dairy farmers, waiting for dairy policies to be fixed is no longer an option.

For some dairy farmers, waiting for dairy policies to be fixed is no longer an option.

Hilrose Advent Anna-Red EX-94, an eight-year-old Red & White Holstein bred and owned by Hilrose Holsteins of Sherwood, has been named the 2018 Wisconsin Cow of the Year.

America’s Dairyland has lost 429 dairies since the beginning of the year and is on track to see its largest decline in dairy farms since 2013.