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Sustainable Practices Found Off the Farm and in Urban Areas
Greener Bay Compost is Northeastern Wisconsin's premier compost company, serving the Greater Green Bay area. Local businesses have partnered with the company to reduce waste in landfills by participating in their Commercial Compost Pickup Services. The compost facility is food-waste-focused partnering with three Bellin...
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Meet Jeff Zirbel of Den-Mar Acres in Greenleaf, Wisconsin
Jeff's parents, Dennis and Mary, started the farm in 1997. They are currently milking 1,000 cows and farming 2,000 acres. Jeff shared how they installed the cow monitoring system in 2014 and it has game-changed how they care for their animals. He said they can tell when they are feel sick or if they need more bedding t...
Apr 17, 2025
Security experts to address biosecurity, cybersecurity, activism at 2025 Stakeholders Summit
April 16, 2025 - In-person attendees at the Animal Agriculture Alliance's 2025 Stakeholders Summit will have exclusive access to a security panel discussing response gaps in cybersecurity, biosecurity, and animal rights activism. The 2025 Summit, set for April 30-May 2 in Arlington, Va., is themed "Food for Though...
Apr 17, 2025
DATCP Announces Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin Grant Recipients
MADISON, Wis. - The Wis​​consin Departme​nt of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced 11 Wisconsin companies received nearly a quarter of a million dollars total in 2024 Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin (BLBW) Grants to help grow the local food economy. BLBW is a competitive grant program designed t...
Apr 11, 2025
Meet dairy farmer Jeff Zirbel of Den-Mar Acres in Greenleaf, Wisconsin
Jeff's parents, Dennis and Mary, started the farm in 1997. They are currently milking 1,000 cows and farming 2,000 acres. Jeff shared how they installed the cow monitoring system in 2014 and it has game-changed how they care for their animals. He said they can tell when they are feel sick or if they need more bedding t...
Apr 11, 2025
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News from the Pack
Netflix series to put unflattering liight on Favre
(LEARFIELD) - A Netflix series streaming next month will put the spotlight on former Packers quarterback Brett Favre. It won't be a positive look, and that's shown by the title: "The Fall of Favre." The focus will be on the harassment allegations he faced while playing for the New York Jets and the ongoing co...
Apr 15, 2025
Green Bay Packers don't draft well?
(LEARFIELD/247NEWSSOURCE) - The Packers hope to load up with good prospects when the 2025 NFL Draft comes to Title Town in less than two weeks. By one measurement, drafting isn't a strength for Green Bay. BetWay-dot-com rated the teams based on the last 10 drafts, awarding points for players who qualified for awards li...
Apr 11, 2025
Jaire Alexander staying in Green Bay?
(LEARFIELD) - It's looking like there's a chance All-Pro cornerback Jaire Alexander might stay with the Green Bay Packers. Trade rumors have been flying about the status of the talented but often-injured athlete since the end of the 2024 NFL season. It has been a foregone conclusion that he would be traded. He's missed...
Apr 08, 2025
Packers add to coaching staff
(GREEN BAY PACKERS) - The Green Bay Packers have hired DeMarcus Covington as defensive line/run game coordinator, Luke Getsy as senior assistant, Cory Harkey as special teams quality control coach, Jeremiah Kolone as offensive assistant (minority fellowship), Jeff Koonz as defensive assistant and Jamael Lett as a defen...
Apr 04, 2025
Packers' Murphy still thinks "Tush Push" will go away
(LEARFIELD) - The NFL's Owners Meetings wrapped up in Palm Beach, Florida and the Packers proposal to ban the "Tush Push" was tabled to a later date. But Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy thinks the owners will eventually do away with the play that the Philadelphia Eagles made famous. He thinks there's a good...
Apr 03, 2025
Politics
Trump passport policy discriminates against transgender people, judge rules
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge held on Friday that the Trump administration's policy of refusing to issue passports to transgender and nonbinary Americans that reflect their gender identities is likely unconstitutional, but she decli...
3h ago
Lawyers ask US Supreme Court to halt 'imminent' deportations of Venezuelan migrants
(Reuters) - Lawyers for Venezuelan men detained by the Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to block what the lawyers said were the men's imminent deportation without the judicial review required by the Supreme Court. "Many i...
4h ago
Trump says government to change service regulations for career government employees
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the U.S. government's human resources agency will change rules for civil service employees to ensure they reflect the policy priorities of the president. Trump said on social media that moving ...
7h ago
IRS acting head ousted after US Treasury chief wins power struggle with Musk, NYT reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The acting commissioner of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service is being replaced after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained to President Donald Trump that the latest leader of the agency had been installed without his kn...
9h ago
US judge temporarily blocks mass firings at consumer bureau
By Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday halted the mass firings carried out Thursday afternoon at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying she was deeply concerned that the Trump administration had violated cour...
10h ago
