Protecting Our Farmers? This Is Just Nuts!

The COVID-19 pandemic is playing havoc with our food distribution systems all across the nation. And we are seeing it here in Wisconsin as dairy farmers are being forced to dump raw milk as their markets decline with the closures of schools, restaurants, and other retailers. Yet there are milk…

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What Is The Governor and the President Doing to Save WI. Family Farms?

This story hits very close to home for me. I grew up on what had been my grandfather’s farm in Pewaukee. My uncle farmed it for a while before he started renting it to the neighbor up the road. Two other uncles and several cousins were dairy farmers. Another uncle…

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Governor Walker Says Wisconsin Imports 10% of It’s Milk Supply

The local version of PolitiFact recently tested a claim made by Governor Scott Walker that Wisconsin imported 10% of the milk it needs. The governor is quoted as saying Wisconsin farmers need to increase milk production to meet the needs of Wisconsin’s dairy plants. Although this doesn’t seem plausible given…

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