Holiday Tree? Christmas Tree? Next year let’s do NO tree.

Now I love a beautifully decorated evergreen tree as much as anyone. And even though not a Christian, will often have a tree at home during the holidays! Now I understand that many people look at it as a Christmas tree but that really has no place in a decorated…

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Farmers Offered Band Aids, Not Solutions!

Wisconsin legislators are introducing three bills this fall that will help struggling farmers. The bills take direct aim at a number of financial stumbling blocks that farmers face and are well warranted. But while helping, they are simply treating the symptoms and not curing the disease. Let’s look at the…

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Wisconsin Farmers Aren’t Over the Hump

Of course most of Wisconsin already knows that but during his visit to Milwaukee in one of his now ‘patented’ rallies, President Donald Trump exclaimed that they were! President Donald Trump raised $3 million in Wisconsin cash on Friday touring Milwaukee to promote a new trade deal he says will…

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Do You Think Trump Will Enforce NAFTA Now?

There are a couple of things around NAFTA that failed to come out during the campaign. First, candidate Trump failed to mention that Canada made up one third of the partners in NAFTA…and in many cases free trade with Mexico and Canada is very beneficial for some American producers. Like…

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The real deal….

In the craziness of the last month, there has been so much (good and bad) happening that it is impossible to catch it all. I had caught bits and pieces of this speech, but here is Wisconsin farmer Tony Schultz in its entirety. One quick note: having grown up on…

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