By Whitney Prestby, Door-Kewaunee Demonstration Farm Network Demonstration Farm Networks and producer-led watershed groups continue to gain traction in watersheds across the state as a way to increase adoption of conservation practices. The concept...
Collaborative effort with the farm industry to improve farm’s environment impact By Cate Harrington and Steve Richter, The Nature Conservancy in Wisconsin Ricardo Costa of TNC (left) and Theo Scholze of Scholze Family Farms It might surprise some to...
2023 board of directors: from left back: Jacob Brey, Keith Braun, Nick Guilette, Nathen Nysse, Paul Cornette, Chris Schneider, Mike Vandenhouten. From left front: Lee Kinnard, Adam Barta, Duane Ducat, Scott Jeanquart, Eric Olson and Don Niles. PPF...
By Duane Ducat, board president Hello members, after what looked like an early planting season the second week of April with record high temps on three consecutive days and ground temps in the mid 50’s, the cooler than normal temperatures came back...
Peninsula Pride Farms held its first conservation conversation of the season on April 25. PPF member Duane Ducat and son Derek Ducat with Deer Run Dairy LLC hosted the field event as the sun set on a chilly spring evening. The topics featured a...
Peninsula Pride Farms partnered with Farmers for Sustainable Food to use the framework for farmer-led sustainability projects. PPF is interested in how their farmer members are impacting local water resources and are identifying how current and...
Join us from 6-7 p.m. on Tue. April 25 for our Conservation Conversation. We will walk through a growing cover crop field and view a John Deere 1775 no-till corn planter. There will be a strip-till machine (soil warrior) on-site as well. Hosted by...
Farm family increases conservationthrough custom business Peninsula Pride Farms member shares environmental benefits with customers The Heim family pride themselves on doing things right for the environment at Heim’s Hillcrest Dairy. Through their...
Sustainability can take on many different meanings, but in Northeast Wisconsin, local farmers concentrate on water quality and soil health. At the Peninsula Pride Farms (PPF) annual meeting held on Feb. 14, it was evident that these farmers take...
By Anne Moore for PPF Dave Rueckl, owner of Rueckl Oil Inc has been a long-standing loyal member of Peninsula Pride Farms. He started his own business delivering diesel fuel, fuel oil and gasoline in 1994.A familiar face to many PPF members, Rueckl...