‘Agri-hood’ planned for Madison’s east side
Bt Farms LLC reportedly has engaged a team with local, national, and international experience to help advance the proposal.
Bt Farms LLC reportedly has engaged a team with local, national, and international experience to help advance the proposal.
Visitors will learn when and how to tap trees for sap, can sample real Wisconsin maple syrup, and test their skills at identifying the real deal.
Wisconsin only had 10 Chapter 12 bankruptcy cases filed in the 12 months before Sept. 30, 2022. The latest total is a 72% decline from the same period in 2021, when there were 36 new cases filed in the state.
The grants will directly impact the lives of 1.2 million people across Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois.
BLBW is a competitive grant program designed to strengthen Wisconsin’s agriculture and food industries by helping farms and businesses more efficiently process, market, and distribute locally grown food products.
In conjunction with UW— Madison and a private coalition, a Rhinelander farm will produce early generation seed potatoes for Wisconsin producers and other farmers for a fee.
The donation is part of a larger effort to provide 180,000 pounds of pork to food banks in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
The grants go to projects that help grow dairy, meat, and crop product exports from Wisconsin.
The summit will bring together cannabis and hemp experts, Indigenous leaders, and non-Native partners for panel discussions, educational seminars, and networking to discuss the state of the Wisconsin cannabis industry
Among the grant recipients is Madison-based Augment LLC, one of nine Wisconsin businesses selected.
A free, self-paced workbook for farmers includes information on setting goals, identifying transferable skills, searching for jobs, resume and cover letter writing, and interviewing skills.
The market’s vendors will sell fresh produce, cheeses, honey and maple syrups, local meats, bakery items, and other specialty items.
A Class I recall is classified by the USDA as “a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.”
State prosecutors filed criminal charges against a Kewaunee farmer, agronomist, and hauler who allegedly illegally dumped nearly 3 million gallons of excess manure that washed into tributaries of Lake Michigan.
The page describes the city’s goals, programs, partnerships, and policies. The page also includes information about climate, energy, waste, transportation, water, and more.
The restoration of the Sauk Creek Greenway will likely include tree and vegetation removal, which concerns some neighbors.
Cambridge-based hemp company Canndigenous, in partnership with Iconoclast Industries and several university and business partners, has been awarded a $15 million grant for its “Industrial Hemp for Fiber and Grain” project by the USDA’s Climate-Smart Commodities program to fund the research and development of hemp as a climate-smart commodity.
This year’s World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest at Madison College begins today with judging for cheese and butter and wraps up on Thursday, Aug. 25 with judging for ice cream and whey.
The Fund for Rural America’s General Use Grant Program from Compeer Financial has awarded a total of $228,340 in grants.
BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation Inc. announced its investment in Madison-based SpayVac, a drug release technology that allows for successful sterilization of animals with a single injection.