Agriculture

Tough Shell, Easy Sell For Wisconsin's Hickory Nuts

Max Witynski

Wisconsin People & Ideas

It's a not-so-well-kept secret in Wisconsin that hickory nuts taste better when someone else shells them.

CBD Oil Greenlit For Wisconsin

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel decided to allow farmers to extract CBD oil as part of the state's industrial hemp pilot project. Rob Richard of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation discusses what this can mean for farmers.

Series: Wisconsin Ag And Global Trade

Despite Declines, Exports Loom Large In Wisconsin's Economy

Steven Deller

UW-Madison

Tessa Conroy

UW-Madison

Matthew Kures

UW-Madison

The spirit of open trade with foreign markets reflected in recent trade policies has a direct impact on the Wisconsin economy.

Fast Facts: Growing Hemp

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Marisa Wojcik

PBS Wisconsin

Hundreds of applications to grow hemp in Wisconsin have been filed with the state. The plant has a long history of Wisconsin, and there is considerable interest in what its future role it could play in the state's economy.

Series: CAFOs, Manure And Water

DNR Turns Down Stronger Farm Runoff Pollution Regulations In Bayfield County

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

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To protect water quality, Wisconsin law allows local governments to apply for stronger regulations on farm runoff pollution than the state standards. Mary Dougherty of Farms Not Factories discusses efforts in Ashland County to enact an ordinance in anticipation of a proposed hog CAFO.

Helping Arborvitae And Other Evergreens Shake Off The Weight Of Snow

Vijai Pandian

UW-Extension

Heavy, wet snows can wreak havoc on many trees, particularly certain types of evergreens.

Gardeners Who Grow Potatoes Face A Lot Of Choices

Hayley Sperling

WisContext

While potatoes are typically grown on commercial farms, backyards can just as easily produce their own spud harvests.

Series: Managing Japanese Beetles

Wisconsin's Top 10 Trends Of 2017 For Insects (And Other Pests)

PJ Liesch

UW-Extension

When it comes to these blood-sucking pests and other creepy-crawlies, each year can be a different experience, with weather patterns and other factors playing important roles in the behaviors of insects and other arthropods like spiders and millipedes, as well as other invertebrates.

Does April Snow Bring May Soybeans?

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

Heavy snows broke state records for late April, but how does that impact the state's farmers? UW-Extension agricultural educator Heidi Johnson discusses whether growers are put behind schedule by the weather and how the extra moisture affects when farmers can plant.

Series: The Dairy State Economy

Pushing Back On Despair Among Western Wisconsin's Dairy Farmers

Scott Gordon

WisContext

As the dairy industry struggles with low prices in the face of a long-mounting milk glut, more farmers are finding that their woes are escalating.