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Ogema Farmer is Beating the Odds Don’t tell Rick Eberhart he can’t do something. He will prove you wrong every time. Growing up a city boy, he knew farming was…

WPS Farm Show Goes the Extra Mile Every year, farmers and non-farmers attend numerous farm shows throughout the state.  For many, it is an opportunity to get away from the…

Peterson’s Set to Reach the Finish Line Winningways Farms is not the usual Wisconsin farm.  Instead of cows, thoroughbred horses wander through the snow-covered pastures.  Kathleen Peterson and her husband,…

Elroy Farmer Returns to Full-Time Job Mary Housner grew up a city girl, but was always a farmer at heart.  As a child, she tagged along with her dad and…

DVR On-Site Training Increases Farming Knowledge Each year, the partnership between the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR), the Easter Seals Wisconsin Farm Assessment and Rehabilitation Methods (FARM) Program, and AgrAbility…

Dairy Farmer Builds a New Way of Life Duane Hess is no stranger to hard work, but health problems prevented him from fully performing duties on his Bowler farm. Hess…

Auburndale Farmer  Meets Challenges with Success For Darrel Jones, the four-generational, Auburndale dairy farm is his life.  “It just kind of gets into your blood,” Jones explained about farming.  Twenty-one…

Plymouth Man Regains Farming Lifestyle The 150-acre Plymouth, Wisconsin, dairy farm has been an important part of Bob Huibregtse’s life for 25 years. After growing up on a farm, Huibregtse…

Makovec Continues Century-Old Tradition in Style Nestled in the midst of the green hills in Southwestern Wisconsin, “Lazy M Acres,” a 101-year-old farm is run by Robert Makovec of Muscoda,…