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Cross Country: Wisconsin Mennonite businesses are thriving (with photos)
Black and white cows grazing on green pastures. Women with flowing skirts riding bicycles weighed down by a box of groceries perched on the rear carrier. A black buggy pulled by a graceful horse trotting on the side of the road amidst car traffic. A hardware store where the women clerks wear long dresses and bonnets and the men wear black trousers and suspenders. read story
John Oncken: Hazeltine's passion is farming
Earl Hazeltine calls himself a hobby farmer and that's pretty accurate. He owns Buffalo Ridge farm, 120 acres located on Wisconsin 92 midway between Mount Horeb and Mount Vernon in the town of Springdale some 25 miles west of Madison. read story
John Oncken: Last-minute buyers save Barney's Utica Store
Barney Lambert and Jackie Sperle had put their Barney's Utica Store up for sale. They were seeking a change in lifestyle after 30 years of running the historic store 13 hours a day, six days a week. read story
'Bittersweet day' as renowned Holstein herd goes on the block
Auctioneer Tom Morris rapped his gavel for the crowd assembled in the big white tent and began the proceedings: the sale and dispersal of Crescentmead Farms Holsteins at the farm near Ixonia, Wis. read story
John Oncken: Raemisch Implement looks to the future
Big changes are coming for Raemisch Implement. It is moving about six miles east into new facilities being built from the ground up, alongside Interstate 39-90-94 at DeForest. read story
Oncken: What's next for Barney's Utica Store?
Three years ago, the owners of Barney's Utica Store in the town of Christiana put it up for sale. Barney Lambert and Jackie Sperle had worked 13 hours a day, six days a week for 30 years at the little country store at the junction of County B and County W near Cambridge and admitted it was time for a change. read story
John Oncken: Landmark silo gone, and perhaps its history, too
It was surely a landmark standing tall on the hill off Lake Kegonsa Road southwest of Stoughton in Dane County. Obviously it was a silo of some sort, but what kind? read story
John Oncken: Ag world changes, but it's still about people
April 20, 1990: "This column won't be education, promotion or advertising. It will be about programs, politics and people -- especially people -- in agriculture that may cause you to read and remember and react. And to say, "I didn't know that." read story
John Oncken: Longtime farmers leave on their own terms
By 2 p.m. on April 15, the dairy barn at the end of Rose Lane a few miles west of Blanchardville was in the midst of major change. On a normal day, the 55 dairy cows would be chewing their cuds and getting ready for the night milking a few hours away. read story
John Oncken: Dairy ag sales reps provide labor of love
To hear three longtime agricultural sales representatives talk, Wisconsin is going to be in the dairy business for a long time. The state has the infrastructure to support dairy farms and farmers, something most states don't have, they noted. The sales reps added that many families have recently moved their dairy operations to Wisconsin from other states and even from other countries. read story
