New Wisconsin conservation group aims to connect women landowners, foster sustainability
February 4, 2021 5:24 PM Mike Tighe
Organic flower farmer Jennifer Nelson of Humble Pie Farm in Plum City, Wis, is one of five regional coordinators who will facilitate workshops, field days and farm tours with Wisconsin Women in Conservation. (MOSES photo by Mike Leck)
BLANCHARDVILLE, Wis. (WKBT) Several organizations that promote sustainable agriculture and conservation education are launching a new program to connect women landowners throughout Wisconsin with each other and with state and local agencies and experts.
Grazing farmer Cherrie Nolden leads workshop participants on a tour of her farm near Dodgeville, where she raises sheep, goats and Fjord horses. (Wisconsin Women in Conservation photo)
Author of the article: Postmedia News
Publishing date: Feb 04, 2021 • February 4, 2021 • 1 minute read •
Article content
A coalition of 18 labour and farming groups is asking the Biden administration to drop a trade action over dairy launched in the final days of the Trump administration, reports a CBC news team based in Washington.
They sent a letter to two people nominated to senior positions in the new administration in advance of their Senate confirmation hearings: agriculture secretary nominee Tom Vilsack, whose confirmation happened Tuesday, and to the nominee for U.S. trade representative, Katherine Tai.
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.
Photos courtesy of Wisconsin OYF
OUTSTANDING FARMERS: Five couples competed for Wisconsin’s 2021 Outstanding Young Farmer Award. They are (front, from left) runners-up Joe and Ashley Dudkiewicz, Crivitz, and winners Jennifer and Shane Sauer, Waterloo. In back (from left) are Leslie and Scott Svacina, Deer Park, and Jenny and Michael Jenson, Elk Mound. Clint and Erin Hodorff, Eden, are not in the photo. Shane and Jennifer Sauer farm 650 acres and milk 150 cows.
Shane and Jennifer Sauer of Waterloo, Wis., were selected as the Wisconsin 2021 Outstanding Young Farmers during the 67th annual OYF awards weekend, held Jan. 22-23 in Neenah, Wis.
by Larry Lee (Brownfield Ag News) Wisconsin Farmers Union has proposed ethanol policy that would seek 20% cost sharing from state and federal governments for blender pump installation. That same proposal would also drop policy language supporting federal subsidies for ethanol research, ethanol import tariffs and biofuel exports, bringing plenty of debate Sunday.
Grace McLaughlin is from the south-central part of Wisconsin. She says, “The petroleum industry gets tons of subsidies so why shouldn’t the ethanol industry? And, same again with any tariffs.”
The resolution was highly critical of the EPA for granting Small Refinery Waivers to oil refineries.
Grain Committee Chair Les Danielson says the local ethanol plant helps his operation. “You send a bushel of corn in, you get three gallons of ethanol, you get twenty pounds of dry distillers grain, which on my farm replaces soybean meal. So we talk about feeding local, buying local. I don’t get my (feed from) soybean meal
Posted: Feb 02, 2021 4:52 PM ET | Last Updated: February 2
A scene from a dairy farm near Kenosha, Wis., where U.S. farmers are hoping to export more dairy products to Canada under the new NAFTA pact. (Alex Panetta/CBC)
This story is part of Watching Washington, a regular dispatch from CBC News correspondents reporting on U.S. politics and developments that affect Canadians.
What s new
Here s something you don t often see in Washington: American groups defending Canadian dairy and urging the U.S. government to leave it alone.
A coalition of 18 labour and farming groups is asking the Biden administration to drop a trade action over dairy