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Now showing online: Our film on rising immigration tensions in America’s Dairyland

by Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Watch December 21st, 2018December 21st, 2018 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org

‘Los Lecheros’ (Dairy Farmers) played at 25 film festivals, bringing immigrant labor on dairies out of the shadows.

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by Jody Gemmell October 17th, 2018June 10th, 2019

As Trump disparages immigrants, Midwest dairy farmers build bridges to Mexico

by Madeline Heim October 16th, 2018January 10th, 2019

Economy, Money & Politics, State of Change: Water, Food And The Future Of Wisconsin

How undocumented immigrants became the backbone of dairies — and how to keep the milk flowing in America’s Dairyland

by Dee J. Hall / Wisconsin Watch and Riley Vetterkind October 6th, 2017January 10th, 2019

Economy, Money & Politics

No sanctuary, fewer farmhands: Coping with the Trump agenda in America’s Dairyland

by Andrew Becker and Patrick Michels / Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting August 9th, 2017June 10th, 2019

Economy, Government, State of Change: Water, Food And The Future Of Wisconsin

America’s Dairyland and Trump in the rearview mirror as workers return to Mexico

by Alexandra Hall June 18th, 2017October 8th, 2018

Economy, Government, State of Change: Water, Food And The Future Of Wisconsin

Under Trump, Wisconsin dairies struggle to keep immigrant workers

by Alexandra Hall March 19th, 2017October 8th, 2018

Environment, Government, Groundwater supply

Big farms, frac sand mines could feel force of judge’s groundwater ruling

by Ron SeelySeptember 21st, 2014September 20th, 2014

These seedlings are an example of the digester's potential to spawn side businesses. They are being grown by UW-Madison graduate student Brian Zimmerman and Madison resident Taylor Jacque, in a greenhouse powered by the waste heat from the community digester near Waunakee.

Environment, Murky Waters, Water Watch Wisconsin

How to make a digester profitable: Veggies and poker chips

by Jessica VanEgeren April 30th, 2014June 20th, 2014

The community digester located near Waunakee is the stateÕs first to process manure from more than one farm. Roughly 100,00 gallons of manure from 2,400 cows on three nearby farms is pumped daily through underground pipes to the digester. Its purpose is to keep phosphorus from polluting the Yahara watershed.

Environment, Murky Waters, Water Watch Wisconsin

Manure digesters seen as best hope for curbing lake pollution, but drawbacks remain

by Jessica VanEgeren April 30th, 2014July 3rd, 2019

Environment, Government

Mega-dairy’s growth plans hotly debated

by Ron SeelyFebruary 14th, 2014March 28th, 2015

Environment, Government, Water Watch Wisconsin

Disputed expansion of dairy watched for statewide impact

by Kate GoldenFebruary 8th, 2014March 28th, 2015