Sharon Laubscher tends to heifers at her small dairy farm outside of Wonewoc in Sauk County. Laubscher is one of the leading advocates for the Wisconsin dairy industry, is a director on the Wisconsin ...
MONROE COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - Monroe County has held an annual Dairy Breakfast for more than four decades. Breakfast Committee chair, Keith Giraud, says finding a location for the event in recent years ...
Previously, the ODA had warned some dairy farms that they could face fines if they failed to register as Confined Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs. In a memo from last year, the agency said several ...
Wisconsin has lost over 70% of its dairy farms since 2000, hitting a record low of 5,222 herds in August 2024. Low milk prices, rising costs, farmer retirements, and labor shortages contribute to the ...
YAMHILL COUNTY, Ore. — Small dairies no longer have to follow the same rules around waste as large operations, eliminating the need to install expensive waste treatment systems, the Oregon Department ...