M.L. JOHNSON

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US bacon prices rise after virus kills baby pigs

M.L. JOHNSON · April 8, 2014 7:17 pm

Bigger pig pens create challenges for farmers

M.L. JOHNSON · March 8, 2014 10:59 am

In this May 22, 2013 photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a queen Italian honeybee, the large bee just left of center, is surrounded on an apiary nest in Washington, D.C. The USDA hopes to help honeybees by providing $3 million to farmers and ranchers in five states to improve their pastures. It turns out that dairy cows and bees like many of the same plants. (AP Photo/USDA, Lance Cheung)

Energy and Environment

USDA spending $3M to feed honeybees in Midwest

M.L. JOHNSON · February 25, 2014 9:54 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2013 file photo Tom Duerst plants winter wheat at his farm near Verona, Wis. Wisconsin farmers stopped working hundreds of thousands of acres during five years of heavy farm closures that a federal report described Thursday as among the most significant in the nation. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)

Report shows significant farm losses in Wisconsin

M.L. JOHNSON · February 20, 2014 10:50 pm

Obama to speak at fast-growing Wis. engines plant

Obama to speak at fast-growing Wis. engines plant

M.L. JOHNSON · January 29, 2014 8:52 pm

Wis. farms see near-record $3.75B profit in 2013

Wis. farms see near-record $3.75B profit in 2013

M.L. JOHNSON · January 22, 2014 9:03 pm

Wisconsin reps oppose part of dairy support plan

Wisconsin reps oppose part of dairy support plan

M.L. JOHNSON · May 9, 2013 10:15 pm

Jim Boylan out after Bucks’ late-season collapse

Jim Boylan out after Bucks’ late-season collapse

M.L. JOHNSON · May 1, 2013 10:39 pm

USDA restores monthly milk reports in limited form

USDA restores monthly milk reports in limited form

M.L. JOHNSON · April 5, 2013 8:32 pm