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Agriculture
Apply Today for Dairy's Foundation Grants to Support Education, Outreach Efforts
Juneau, Wis. - The application deadline for grants from Dairy's Foundation is June 1, 2024. Grants of up to $10,000 for new programs to build the skills of students or dairy producers or increase public trust in the people and products of dairy are available for organizations across the country. "Grants from Dairy...
9h ago
Mental Health Awareness Month: Farmer Wellness Program
Joanna Guza talked with Karen Endres, Farmer Wellness Program Coordinator with the Wisconsin Farm Center through DATCP about farmer wellness, what to expect if you call the hotline, how to identify and address someone struggling with mental health and the future of farmer wellness. If you are feeling suicidal, call 9-8...
18h ago
Dairy market update and the potential impacts on FMMOs
Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative is involved and keeping a close on the dairy markets and Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs) provision process. Dairy Stream host Joanna Guza and guests discuss the impact of the avian influenza found in dairy cattle, the building of new dairy processing plants, FMMO reform potential imp...
19h ago
On the Road with Alice - Hearing the Music of Wisconsin Agriculture
At the recent Alice in Dairyland Finals, I shared how much I love music. Music has been a constant theme throughout my whole life, and certainly in the role of serving as Wisconsin's 76th Alice in Dairyland! Whether I was greeted in the morning with an upbeat tune or used a song to help me fall asleep at night, music ...
May 06, 2024
Next Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council Announced
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has announced the members of the next Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council. These students will be high school seniors during the 2024 - 2025 school year. The council members and their hometowns are: Jordan Berg, Neillsville R...
May 06, 2024
News from the Pack
Coordinators chat, tryout players signed
The Packers are taking a little break after their rookie mini-camp last weekend. The first year players will join veterans for the first time when phase two of the 0ff-season program begins next week. Organized Team Activities will start on May 20. At Lambeau Field on Monday, new defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley...
14h ago
Get Acquainted Weekend
The Green Bay Packers convened their rookie orientation and mini-camp weekend on Friday. It was the first time since last January's playoff loss in Santa Clara there was actual football looking drills with guys in uniform on a spectacular early May afternoon. Head Coach Matt LaFleur has 50 players at his disposal for...
May 04, 2024
Packers add 8 more
After another large draft class of 11 players, Green Bay Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst went light on his collection of undrafted rookie free agents signed after the weekend draft. 8 more players have been added to the 2024 roster including the Wisconsin Badgers long snapper, Peter Bowden. The Packers als...
May 01, 2024
The Class of '24
DETROIT, MI (WTAQ) - The 89th NFL Draft, conducted in Detroit, drew an estimated record crowd of more than 700,000 fans this weekend. It was an amazing sight in the middle of the Motor City. For Green Bay Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst, it was the seventh draft he's overseen as the man in charge, hoping to co...
Apr 28, 2024
Final round promise
The NFL draft exploded with quarterbacks Thursday night with a record six taken in the first 12 picks. The Green Bay Packers wisely avoided being a part of that desperate run by taking Jordan Love three years before he became the starter. Still, General Manager Brian Gutekunst wanted to add a passer before the weeken...
Apr 28, 2024
Politics
Trump documents trial start delayed indefinitely, judge orders
By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) - Donald Trump's trial in Florida on charges of illegally keeping classified documents after leaving office has been indefinitely postponed, a judge decided on Tuesday, greatly reducing the odds he will face a jury in ...
6h ago
Biden to condemn antisemitism, praise free speech at Holocaust remembrance
By Trevor Hunnicutt and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. President Joe Biden arrives at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to honor 6 million Jews killed eight decades ago, his message will be as much about the present as the past. Biden wi...
11h ago
Payments in focus as prosecutors make their case in Trump hush money trial
By Jack Queen, Luc Cohen and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Donald Trump's criminal trial are expected to call more witnesses on Tuesday as they build out their argument that he was responsible for illegally covering up a hush mo...
15h ago
New York state sues group over abortion pill reversal claims
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - New York state's top prosecutor on Monday sued Heartbeat International, an anti-abortion group, and 11 crisis pregnancy centers, accusing them of misleading and potentially endangering women by claiming that they can ...
May 06, 2024
US crypto super PACs have raised more than $100 million, report says
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) - Outside political groups tied to the cryptocurrency industry have raised more than $102 million to spend on the upcoming U.S. congressional elections in order to elevate candidates who are friendly to digital assets, acco...
May 06, 2024