June 7, 2023
FARM FOCUS: WTBA Board gets firsthand look at dairy’s link to transportation during tour
By Lane Kimble
EVANSVILLE, Wis. -- You don’t need to wait long to spot a tanker truck hauling milk out of Larson Acres farm in Evansville. Five of them – totaling about 25,000 gallons – make the 16-mile…
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June 6, 2023
WTBA Board gets update on agriculture road improvement program as Senate approves bill
By Lane Kimble
Spending $150 million won’t fix every rural road near farms across Wisconsin – far from it. But the Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s Executive Director of Government Relations believes it’s a good place to start. “Once our…
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June 2, 2023
“The need is great”: Speed networking event connects contractors with job seekers
By Lane Kimble
Transportation contractors often tell Lorie Thompson the same thing: They can teach a person the skills to do the job, but they can’t teach them to show up and be passionate about the work. That’s…
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May 26, 2023
WisDOT officially names Hoelker BPD director
By Lane Kimble
A longtime WisDOT staffer – whose work will directly impact WTBA members – can now drop the “interim” name from his title. This week, the Department announced Michael Hoelker as director of the Bureau of…
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