New Year Comes With No New Farm Bill Plus Prime Rib Is A Holiday Staple

Despite the Farmer's Bridge Assistance program and the $11 billion it's bringing to farms, there's still no Farm Bill.  Bob Bosold talks about the agenda yet to be tackled on farm policy with Rod Larew, President of the National Farmers Union.  Larew was in Wisconsin for the 95th annual meeting of the WI Farmers Union.  He says that while farms are grateful for the financial assistance, they'd rather get their "check" from the world marketplace.  Larew says the battle doesn't end with tariffs.  He says it's also about the concentration that's happened in the food processing and agribusiness sector as a whole.  He says they're still pushing for a Farm Bill, but recognize with the divisiveness in D.C. and elections ahead, getting it over the goal line may be difficult.

Warmer weather today will transition to windy and wet as the day unfolds.  Stu Muck says that temperatures will also start slipping once we reach the weekend.

Ashley Huhn from the Steffes Group highlights some upcoming Wisconsin auctions currently on their website.  It includes an equipment dispersal at Delong Company in Clinton and a land sale coming up near Columbus.  Paid for by Steffes Group.

Wisconsin dairy producers aren't happy with their milk checks, but they should be happy with how consumption of dairy products has continued to grow.  USDA released numbers from 2024 that highlighted butter consumption breaking all records and cottage cheese enjoying an increase in buyers.  Pam Jahnke recaps some of the information. 

The holiday season is the number one spot in a calendar year for prime rib sales.  Angie Horkan with the WI Beef Council says that even with higher prices, consumers are buying ribs.  She also offers some cost saving recipes available at beeftips.com.  Paid for by Equity Livestock Cooperative Sales Association.

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