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Bob Forrest, executive director of the St. Croix County Farm Service Agency, urges farmers and other agricultural producers to vote in the FSA county committee election by Dec. 5, the deadline for casting ballots. The St. Croix County Committee 2011 election is for Local Administrative...

The UW Center for Agricultural Safety and Health and the Farm Technology Days Youth Committee is sponsoring a Wisconsin Farm Safety Video Contest. Entries are allowed from teams of at least 3 members from a non-profit, Wisconsin recognized youth organization including but not limited...

A Town of Cylon man is dead after being pinned under a tractor-pulled brush hog at his farm Monday night. Duane O. Wright, 85, was killed by injuries he sustained when the piece equipment fell on him at 1956 240th St., Town of Cylon, said Dennis Hillstead, St. Croix County sheriff. "At...

Wisconsin farm property is worth about 3 percent less than a year ago, but it's still well above the national average. The USDA says Wisconsin farm real estate is worth an average of $3,750 an acre, which includes land and buildings. It ties the state with Michigan for the 18th-highest...

If your farm or home (in whole or part) has been in continuous family ownership for 100 years or 150 years, you are eligible to apply for the 2009 Century Farm or Home Award or the 2009 Sesquicentennial Farm or Home Award. These awards will be presented at a special program during...

Former Milwaukee Brewers' third baseman Don Money will manage the Brewers' Triple-A farm club at Nashville next season. He replaces Frank Kremblas, who was let go after four years with the team. Money has managed in the Brewer farm system for 11 years, most recently at Double-A...

As harvest season is upon us, drivers of passenger vehicles as well as farm equipment need to beware of each other on public roads. The combination of slow moving farm equipment and passenger cars poses a hazard for drivers not driving attentively and defensively. Vehicle drivers...