Sarah Lloyd farms with her husband Nels Nelson on the 350-cow Nelson dairy farm in Columbia County. She works off-farm as the Director of Special Projects for the Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU). This work includes helping organize the national farmer-led Dairy Together movement, dairytogether.com
Farmers and their advocates from across the state, from Blanchardville to Bayfield, flew to Washington, DC, last week as part of the National Farmers Union Fly-In. The 24 members of the Wisconsin Farmers Union delegation joined up with colleagues from around the country, making our group close to 400 strong. We called on Congress to […]
Our cup runneth over. In 2018 Wisconsin dairy farmers produced a record 30.6 billion pounds of milk. That’s billion with a “b.” We’ve been trained to see increase and plentitude as always a good thing. In the case of milk, America’s Dairyland has too much of a good thing. To be fair it’s not just […]
