August 12, 2025

Wisconsin State Fair dairy product winners

Team Emmi Roth – Monroe was named the Grand Master Cheesemaker at the 2025 Wisconsin State Fair Blue Ribbon Dairy Products Auction on Thursday, August 7. Roth Grand Cru® Original Wheel was sold for $6,300 to Old World Creamery.  Photo courtesy Wisconsin State Fair The Dairy State’s State Fair wrapped up just outside of Milwaukee […] The post Wisconsin State Fair dairy product winners appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Almanac warns Iowans to bundle up for a cold, snowy winter

Iowans are still enduring the heat of summer, but forecasters are already looking ahead to the winter chill. The 2026 edition of the Farmers’ Almanac is now available and editor Sandi Duncan predicts Iowans will need to make sure their furnaces are in good working condition or they’re stocked up on firewood. “The winter’s going […] View Full Story

Lawmaker says Iowa legislature will act if Regents don’t enforce anti-DEI law

The Board of Regents meets today to vote on a policy that says grades for students at Iowa’s three public universities must reflect their mastery of course content and skills — not their agreement or disagreement with particular viewpoints. Republican Representative Taylor Collins of Mediapolis says it’s time for the board to enforce a 2024 […] View Full Story

Farm transition can be complicated

Farm transition planning can be difficult, depending on what the older generation wants, what the children want, and if the farm business can support their ideal plan, and it gets complicated with tax structure and having machines, land, and animals with different owners.  Will McKinley from Menn Law Firm joins us to point out some […] The post Farm transition can be complicated appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story