Extension Farm Management specialists and educators across Wisconsin are regularly featured by local and national news outlets to share expertise on a wide range of topics. With a shared commitment for research-based, culturally responsive educational programs, information, and tools to inform farm business management decisions, Extension provides invaluable guidance to a wide range of agricultural audiences in and around Wisconsin.
- Fall harvest is busiest, most dangerous time for rural Wisconsin drivers, farmers. Here’s why. | Oct. 1 | Wisconsin State Farmer | Featuring John Shutske
- UW-Extension offers virtual farm succession planning workshop series | Oct. 1 | Chippewa Herald | Featuring Joy Kirkpatrick, Kelly T. Wilfert, Steph Plaster, and Kevin Bernhardt
- UW-Madison Hosts Farm Succession Planning Workshops | Oct. 1 | Agri-View | Featuring Joy Kirkpatrick, Kelly T. Wilfert, Steph Plaster, and Kevin Bernhardt
- Farming and Federal shutdowns: How temporary loss of some services is hitting Wisconsin farms | Oct. 1 | WMTV 15 | Featuring Leonard Polzin
- Sharing the roads safely with farm equipment important every day, not just during harvest | Oct. 3 | High Plains Journal | Featuring John Shutske
- Farmers Learn Tax and Risk Updates in UW Series | Oct. 7 | Wisconsin Ag Connection | Featuring Silva Gaku, Paul Mitchell, Kelly T. Wilfert, Leonard Polzin, and Jeff Hadechek
- Shutdown stalls USDA reports and farm program signups | Oct. 10 | Brownfield News | Featuring Leonard Polzin
- Op-Ed: Help keeps farmers safe on rural roads | Oct. 15 | Pierce County Journal | Featuring John Shutske
- AI in Agriculture | Oct. 15 | Badger Crop Connect | Featuring John Shutske
- ‘Hidden Challenges on the Farm,’ Healthcare, Health Insurance, and Child Care Workshops Coming to Wisconsin | Oct. 15 | Farms.com | Featuring Stephanie Plaster
- Two interactive workshops look at farm issues | Oct. 17 | New Media Inc. | Featuring Stephanie Plaster
- Dream of buying a small farm in Wisconsin? New legislation aims to make the process easier | Oct. 24 | Wisconsin Watch | Featuring Joy Kirkpatrick
- ‘Hidden Challenges on the Farm,’ healthcare, health insurance and child care workshops coming to Wisconsin | Oct. 28 | Insurance NewsNet | Featuring Stephanie Plaster
- Agriculture Policy Webinar Series | Oct. 30 | Wisconsin Ag Connection | Featuring Silva Gaku, Paul Mitchell, Kelly T. Wilfert, Leonard Polzin, and Jeff Hadechek
If we missed a feature, let us know! Email madi.potratz@wisc.edu with a link to the news article you’d like added to the list.