Some Wisconsin dairy leaders worry increased scrutiny around immigration is having an impact on the immigrant labor force the industry depends on.President Donald Trump recently announced immigration authorities would begin new efforts to deport people living in the country illegally. Offici…
Wisconsin cranberry growers say demand for the fruit is improving after a voluntary move to withhold part of the 2018 crop.According to the latest National Agricultural Statistics Service report, Wisconsin produced 5.55 million barrels of cranberries last year. That’s a 3 percent increase fr…
Wisconsin’s ginseng farmers now face tariffs of 38 percent and up on their exports to China and the escalating trade war has the potential to reshape a key economic pillar of central Wisconsin agriculture.That was the message Will Hsu, president of Hsu’s Ginseng Enterprises, brought to a pan…
No one is completely satisfied with action this week from the Republican-led Joint Finance Committee on proposed fees and additional positions to oversee concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, in Wisconsin. The growing number of large farms in the state has contributed to increasi…
As Wisconsin farmers struggle with a shortage of livestock feed and a delayed planting season, dairy groups in the state are calling on Congress to allow more flexibility under federal crop insurance this year.Wisconsin and other Midwest states have seen historic delays in corn planting this…
Wisconsin home sales rose in May, following several months of declines.The latest report from the Wisconsin Realtors Association found 8,589 sales of existing homes last month, up 3.2 percent from May 2018.Economist David Clark of Marquette University said while supply continues to hamper sa…
