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The Farm Gal Community Letter: Local Community Rural Events, cattle and crop updates, hunting and habitat insight, and practical landowner knowledge.

From the Farm Gal

Every week I put together what I'm hearing and seeing across Wisconsin: community reminders that actually matter, cattle markets and crop conditions, hunting and habitat notes, rural events, and the practical landowner knowledge you can't get from a listing sheet. It's for people who own rural ground, want to buy it, manage it, hunt it, farm it, ranch it, or sell it. Plain talk, local names, and real dates: that's the Farm Gal Community Letter.

What the Letter Covers

Cattle & Livestock

Equine Events

Hunting Seasons

Timber & Forestry

ATV & Trail Riding

Snowmobiling

Farming & Ag

Community Events

The Latest Letter Published September 23, 2026

The Farm Gal Community Letter

September 23, 2026

The Farm Gal Community Letter

The newest Farm Gal Community Letter: SDRP disaster-loss signup and NAP close September 30, August feedlot placements hit a record low and cattle futures surged Monday, corn and beans are rolling into harvest with the combines running, the Northern Zone duck opener lands September 26, and Trempealeau County is packed with events from the Blair Cheese Festival to Fall Farm Days.

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Previous Letters

September 16, 2026

The Farm Gal Community Letter

The Farm Gal Community Letter

The Farm Gal Community Letter: FSA acreage reporting and NAP close September 30, EQIP applies by September 18, feeder cattle hit one-month highs then caught profit-taking with the Cattle on Feed report due September 18, silage is a third done and corn a quarter mature, regular goose season opens September 16, and the Youth Waterfowl Hunt lands September 19-20.

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September 9, 2026

The Farm Gal Community Letter

The Farm Gal Community Letter

The Farm Gal Community Letter: EQIP applications due September 18, NAP and acreage reporting closing September 30, feeder cattle futures rallying on September 8 after the Labor Day break, corn and beans running ahead of average with soil moisture on watch, archery and fall turkey opening September 12, and the regular goose season opening September 16.

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September 2, 2026

The Farm Gal Community Letter

The Farm Gal Community Letter

The Farm Gal Community Letter: FSA and NRCS deadlines for September (acreage reporting by September 30, EQIP by September 18, NAP closing), feeder cattle prices pulling back as weaning nears, corn denting and silage timing, the September 1 hunting openers and the September 12 archery and fall turkey openers, and rural events across the Chippewa Valley.

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August 24, 2026

The Farm Gal Community Letter

Weekly Rural Wisconsin Community Digest

The fourth edition covering the Central Wisconsin State Fair in Marshfield, the Crawford County Fair in Gays Mills, cattle auctions at Premier and Fennimore, the one-week countdown to September 1 hunting openers, the Pyrosilviculture workshop at Black River State Forest, the Trempealeau County ATV Club ride, dry crop conditions and USDA updates, and archived past events.

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August 17, 2026

The Farm Gal Community Letter

Weekly Rural Wisconsin Community Digest

The third edition covering cattle auctions at Premier Livestock in Clark County, feeder prices holding steady, county fairs in Grant, Juneau, Waushara, and Price counties, speed shows and rodeos in St. Croix County, and the two-week countdown to teal and dove season.

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August 10, 2026

The Farm Gal Community Letter

Weekly Rural Wisconsin Community Digest

The second edition covering cattle sales at Fennimore and Bloomington, the Governor's Blue Ribbon Livestock Auction, equine events at Bit and Spur, early teal season prep, the St. Croix Valley PRCA Rodeo, and county fairs in full swing.

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August 3, 2026

The Farm Gal Community Letter

Weekly Rural Wisconsin Community Digest

The inaugural edition covering cattle auctions across the region, the Wisconsin State Fair, equine events and rodeos in Viroqua and Richland Center, hunting season previews, timber kiln drying workshops, ATV club rides, and the full county fair lineup.

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New letters publish every Monday. This archive holds the running collection, so you can always catch up on what you missed.

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The letter leads with West Central Wisconsin and reaches across the state as coverage grows. Know an event or topic we should cover? Send it my way.

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The letter is rooted in West Central Wisconsin: Eau Claire, Dunn, Trempealeau, Chippewa, Buffalo, Jackson, and Clark counties, plus the surrounding communities. Coverage is built to expand across the rest of Wisconsin, so if your county isn't listed here yet, ask anyway: I can help or point you to the right person. Know an event the letter should cover? Send it my way.