Give thanks...
...To the folks who bring you Thanksgiving dinner, winter holiday feasts, and safe, abundant food all year round: farmers and ranchers.
Gov. Doyle has proclaimed Friday, Nov. 20 "Thank You Farmers and Ranchers Day" in Wisconsin. Not only do they keep us fed; they keep our rural communities vital and provide a big chunk of our state's economy. Big dairy farms, small organic vegetable plots, beef producers, cranberry marshes -- we need them all and we thank them all.
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Featured Items
- With weekend temperatures predicted in the 50s for much of Wisconsin's gun deer season opener, food safety experts caution hunters to handle venison with care. Keep it cool, keep it clean, keep it safe.
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- A non-native species of crayfish has been found in two locations in Germantown. A special pesticide registration is proposed to control the crayfish and comments are due by Nov. 10.
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- Six workshops are set for farmers and town officials to learn about purchase of agricultural conservation easements, ag enterprise areas and claiming farmland preservation tax credits.
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- Another tool in preserving farmland is now available to farmers and local governments through agricultural enterprise areas.
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