Rural
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Rural Political Group Adds Wisconsin Members and Takes Aim at Trump’s Record
Rural America Fund to focus on harm done by trade wars and mismanagement, hurting Main Street in small communities
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Wisconsin Farmers and Food Banks Are Losing Out on $35 Million
State’s Congressional Dems seeking answers on how contracts have been awarded through the Food Box program.
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Trump’s China Deal to Help Wisconsin Farmers Is Faltering
US exports may become collateral damage in a faceoff over Hong Kong
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Struggling Farmers and Hungry Families Will Get Coronavirus Relief
Evers grows the list of CARES recipients with assistance to farmers and food banks
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Family Farms Are Small Businesses, But They’re Getting Left Behind in PPP Aid
Basing assistance on payroll size or earnings doesn’t help farms and small businesses whose payrolls is tiny or non-existent
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‘You Can’t Make It at Those Prices.’ Dairy Farmers Say They’re Done Without More Federal Help.
Individual efforts to purchase milk and cheese help, but only Congress and USDA can prevent another wave of farm losses as school and restaurant closures pummel the market.
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Pandemic May Be the Last Straw for Another Batch of Farmers
Government purchases encouraged to slow the freefall of prices, but it may not be enough
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Farmers Markets Still Allowed, But It’s Sure Not the Same
Growers, customers, distributors all taking precautions to keep the food chain active and healthy
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Farmers Wonder if Wetter Fields Are New Norm
Central Wisconsin farmers share stories of soaked fields, delayed planting and harvesting with Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change
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From Economist to Cheese Maker: How Bob Wills Is Uniting The Craft
Award winner is the trunk of a tree with branches that reach throughout the best of Wisconsin cheese making
