Wisconsin Farmers Union is applauding a landmark settlement reached by the Federal Trade Commission and the attorneys general of Wisconsin, Illinois, Arizona, Michigan, and Minnesota that will expand farmers' ability to repair their own John Deere equipment or work with the independent repair shop of their choice. The settlement resolves an antitrust lawsuit alleging that John Deere unfairly restricted access to the diagnostic software, repair tools, and technical information needed to fully...

Written by Hannah Alden, Communications Specialist On a warm, breezy day in mid-April, Sarah Leong and Patrick Hager were busy planting onions with their field crew. Tucked away off the hilly backroads just outside of Mount Horeb, Sarah and Pat’s Squashington Farm is known not only for producing a plethora of vegetable varieties but also for cultivating community. The couple met in 2012 while working on a trail crew in the Adirondacks of New York. Sarah, raised in Florida, had never...

Wisconsin Farmers Union Foundation has launched a new public education initiative, “Wisconsin Futures,” featuring a new website and a statewide billboard campaign aimed at helping people better understand how policy decisions shape everyday life in rural communities and across Wisconsin. The initiative is designed as an educational resource that connects the dots between policy and real-world impacts. The WisconsinFutures.com website serves as a central hub, bringing together issue...