In today's economy, Elsa Condon, vice president of agricultural banking at Nicolet National Bank, has noticed farmers looking at alternative revenue streams, not necessarily farm expansions. These include value-added markets (selling beef on the farm) or vertical integration (having a shop on the farm). 

In today's economy, Elsa Condon, vice president of agricultural banking at Nicolet National Bank, has noticed farmers looking at alternative revenue streams, not necessarily farm expansions. These include value-added markets (selling beef on the farm) or vertical integration (having a shop on the farm).

Join Pam Jahnke for the latest farm news. Heard daily on WOZN 96.7 FM and 1670 AM in Madison Wisconsin from 5-6am. Also heard on affiliate stations all over Wisconsin.

Join Pam Jahnke for the latest farm news. Heard daily on WOZN 96.7 FM and 1670 AM in Madison Wisconsin from 5-6am. Also heard on affiliate stations all over Wisconsin.

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USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety Dr. Mindy Brashears discusses new funding opportunities to help Wisconsin expand small meat processing operations and train additional workers for careers in meat processing.

 

USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety Dr. Mindy Brashears discusses new funding opportunities to help Wisconsin expand small meat processing operations and train additional workers for careers in meat processing.
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261023 OMNY Dr. Mindy Brashears on meat processing programs

Farmers play a crucial role in keeping our natural resources, like our water and soil, healthy. And the folks at the Wisconsin Water and Soil Health Conference know the importance of keeping farmers at the forefront of that conversation. Laura Paletta, a co-chair for the conference, sits down with Kiley Allan. She says we can expect some exciting speaker panels that feature almost exclusively farmers.

Farmers play a crucial role in keeping our natural resources, like our water and soil, healthy. And the folks at the Wisconsin Water and Soil Health Conference know the importance of keeping farmers at the forefront of that conversation. Laura Paletta, a co-chair for the conference, sits down with Kiley Allan.&nbsp;She says we can expect some exciting speaker panels that feature almost exclusively farmers.

WWASH Conference Highlights Farmers 

Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus is otherwise known to the pork industry as PEDv. Because of the effect it can have on producers' herds, it was an obvious decision for the Wisconsin Pork Association and the National Pork Board to begin working towards elimination of the virus. Morgan Worek, a pork producer here in Wisconsin and Program Director for the Wisconsin Pork Association, joins Kiley Allan and Marisa Rotolo, the Director of Swine Health at National Pork Board. Morgan says the desire to eliminate the virus began with the producers.

 

Photo courtesy of National Pork Board, Des Moines, Iowa.  

Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus is otherwise known to the pork industry as PEDv. Because of the effect it can have on producers' herds, it was an obvious decision for the Wisconsin Pork Association and the National Pork Board to begin working towards elimination of the virus. Morgan Worek, a pork producer here in Wisconsin and Program Director for the Wisconsin Pork Association, joins Kiley Allan and Marisa Rotolo, the Director of Swine Health at National Pork Board. Morgan says the desire to eliminate the virus began with the producers.
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Photo courtesy of National Pork Board, Des Moines, Iowa. &nbsp;

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