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Sen. Baldwin says she has successfully pushed the Trump administration to release withheld funding for dairy farmers

Trump Admin stiffed 88 Midwest dairy farmers and processors for $6.5 million in Dairy Business Innovation grants that Baldwin championed. Baldwin followed up on her demand from last week to release the funding with a...

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Wisconsin Farmers Union hosts Farm & Rural Lobby Day 2025 in Madison

Local food, rural development, soil health, dairy among topics discussed MADISON, Wis. – Over sixty family farmers and rural advocates gathered in Madison March 4 for Wisconsin Farmers Union’s Farm & Rural...

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Louisiana’s wetlands store massive amounts of carbon. But when destroyed, they release it.

Louisiana’s wetlands are vital carbon storage centers, but destroying these reservoirs can accelerate harmful emissions that accelerate global warming, according to experts. March 6, 2025 by Elise Plunk, Louisiana...

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Mass terminations have cut USDA ‘off at the knees,’ ex-employees say

More than a dozen recently fired USDA employees told Investigate Midwest the terminations have stalled irrigation projects, rural housing aid and efforts to combat invasive crop diseases. Remaining staff are...

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Vernon County Cattlemen’s Association announces scholarship opportunities

March 2, 2025 The Vernon County Cattlemen’s Association will be awarding scholarships to selected Vernon County resident high school seniors who are planning to enter post-secondary education. Examples of programs which...

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Wisconsin group pushes back after controversial CAFO expansion OK’d

March 2, 2025 Judith Ruiz-Branch – Public News Service The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has approved a permit to expand Ridge Breeze Dairy in Salem despite hundreds of local objections.The...

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Wildcat Mtn. State Park among 32 DNR improvement projects awarded through Stewardship Friends Grants

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the approval of Stewardship funding for Friends Grants to 28 nonprofit organizations for improvements at DNR properties across the...

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Wisconsin DNR warns ATV/UTV riders to be mindful of late season ice conditions

MADISON, Wis. – As many make plans for late-season shanty removal from frozen waterbodies, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) urges ATV/UTV riders to be extra careful when traveling on the ice...

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As federal cuts hit Wisconsinites, one group pitches in to help

Judith Ruiz-Branch – Public news Service Communities in Wisconsin are feeling the widespread effects of federal cuts and some organizations are pitching in to help those who have experienced funding freezes and...

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Who pays for PFAS? Gov. Evers, GOP lawmakers wrestle over cleanup liability

by Bennet Goldstein / Wisconsin Watch.org February 26, 2025 Click here to read highlights from the storyDueling proposals would protect certain “innocent landowners” — those who didn’t knowingly cause PFAS pollution on...

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DNR says 750 acre fire in Green Lake County has been contained

Wisconsin Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy to hold budget webinar on March 25

Wisconsin farmers attend National Farmers Union Convention

OSHA fined a poultry plant after a worker died. While the case was appealed, another worker was killed.

Republican lawmakers diverge on future of conservation stewardship program

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Sen. Baldwin says she has successfully pushed the Trump administration to release withheld funding for dairy farmers

Wisconsin Farmers Union hosts Farm & Rural Lobby Day 2025 in Madison

Louisiana’s wetlands store massive amounts of carbon. But when destroyed, they release it.

Mass terminations have cut USDA ‘off at the knees,’ ex-employees say

Vernon County Cattlemen’s Association announces scholarship opportunities

Wisconsin group pushes back after controversial CAFO expansion OK’d

Wildcat Mtn. State Park among 32 DNR improvement projects awarded through Stewardship Friends Grants

Wisconsin DNR warns ATV/UTV riders to be mindful of late season ice conditions

As federal cuts hit Wisconsinites, one group pitches in to help

Who pays for PFAS? Gov. Evers, GOP lawmakers wrestle over cleanup liability

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