Farm Animals

In Wisconsin’s largest city, a permit to keep up to four hens usually costs $35. Now, applicants can use a hardship waiver to skip the fee.

Full Circle Farm’s efforts to minimize impacts on the natural environment and wildlife won the family the 2024 Leopold Conservation Award from the Sand County Foundation.

Participation in the World Dairy Expo was up this year, despite concerns about avian flu spreading in dairy herds. Extensive testing is part of what made dairy farmers comfortable.

The state’s biggest business lobby helps two residents challenge a Polk County town’s restrictions on livestock feeding operations.

For more than 20 years, Nate Ranallo has been working as a bovine podiatrist, trimming cow hooves at dairy farms in west-central Wisconsin. Unlike most in the trade, though, he has millions of online spectators.

Kelsey Jorissen Olesen raises chickens on her farm in Shell Lake. On a recent appearance on WPR’s “The Larry Meiller Show,” she shared tips like the best breeds to raise in Wisconsin and how to keep under control.

Farm groups are disappointed with Gov. Tony Evers’ veto of a bill that would largely prevent local regulation of animal welfare on farms, but its opponents say it’s a win for local control.

A Wisconsin conservation group is suing the Department of Natural Resources alleging the agency ignored science and public comments when drafting its latest wolf management plan. The Great Lakes Wildlife […]

This year marks the 40th anniversary of a landmark ruling that reaffirmed the 1837 treaty rights of a northern Wisconsin tribe to hunt, fish and gather on ceded territory. In […]

A Milwaukee-area meatpacking firm announced it will eliminate nearly 130 jobs. Strauss Brands informed the Department of Workforce Development last week that it will shut down veal and lamb production […]