WisBusiness

MADISON – Brad Olson was elected to serve a one-year term on American Farm Bureau’s Board of Directors on Tuesday during the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 106th Convention. Olson is a crop farmer near Frederic in Polk County. Olson was first elected to the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors in 2022 to represent District 9, which...

As major companies in the state seek to advance and leverage new technologies, panelists at a Wisconsin Technology Council event stressed that innovation can come from anywhere.  Speaking yesterday at the Tech Council luncheon in Madison, Rockwell Automation Innovation Program Manager Krystal Thibault said organizing events like hackathons and innovation challenges can lead to...

-- As major companies in the state seek to advance and leverage new technologies, panelists at a Wisconsin Technology Council event stressed that innovation can come from anywhere.  Speaking yesterday at the Tech Council luncheon in Madison, Rockwell Automation Innovation Program Manager Krystal Thibault said organizing events like hackathons and innovation challenges can lead...

Contact: Ryan Amundson, MMAC Sr. Director of Communications (414) 287-4152 ramundson@mmac.org Jan. 28, 2025 (MILWAUKEE) – A coalition of area business and civic leaders is forming to fight a recent air quality classification change leveled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) negatively...

A recent WMC survey finds state business leaders have mixed views on imposing tariffs on Canada and Mexico, while retaliatory tariffs on China are more popular.  Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce yesterday released more results from the group’s winter survey, which gathered results from 153 employers in the state by email and traditional mail. 

-- A recent WMC survey finds state business leaders have mixed views on imposing tariffs on Canada and Mexico, while retaliatory tariffs on China are more popular.  Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce yesterday released more results from the group’s winter survey, which gathered results from 153 employers in the state by email and traditional mail. 

In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Ben Miller of Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin touts the opportunity for dairy exports to reach new markets.  Miller, senior vice president of industry relations for the dairy business promotion group, shares insights on Wisconsin’s specialty cheese and other dairy products being shipped to...

MILWAUKEE — Marquette University will host a panel with three standout members of Milwaukee’s culinary community in James Beard Award semifinalists Gregory León and Ryan Castelaz, and Caitlin Cullen as part of the Writing Innovation Symposium, Jan. 29-31, at Raynor Library, 1355 W. Wisconsin Ave. León is the owner and operator of Amilinda in...

Contact: Ryan Amundson Sr. Director of Communications, MMAC/M7 ramundson@mmac.org 414.287.4152 KENOSHA, Wis. – The state of Wisconsin and city of Kenosha announce the sale of approximately 240 acres of land northwest of Interstate 94 and Highway 142 to Microsoft. The site enhances the...