Wisconsin
Wisconsin holds on to title as nation’s top producer of green beans
It’s official. Wisconsin held on to its title as the nation’s top producer of snap beans, also known as green beans and string beans. According to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Vegetables 2023 Summary, state farmers produced 48% of the nation’s supply, harvesting 51,900 acres of the nutritious veggie in 2023 for a total production of 6.75 million cwt..
Despite a dry start to the growing season in 2023, farmers and canneries harvested 55,000 acres of sweet corn with a total production of 10.7 million cwt. Fresh market production accounted for 643,500 cwt with a total value of $25.9 million. Production of sweet corn for processing totaled 502,466 tons and was valued at $58.3 million.
Wisconsin ranked third for sweet corn production with 17 percent of the nation’s production. U.S. sweet corn production totaled 62.4 million cwt.
Green pea production totaled 1.39 million cwt from 28,500 harvested acres and was valued at $26.6 million. Fresh market production totaled 1,400 cwt for a total value of $274,000. The 69,470 tons of processing green pea production had a value of $26.3 million. Green pea production in the U.S. totaled 5.23 million cwt.
Cabbage production in 2023 totaled 2.40 million cwt with a total value of production of $32.3 million. There were 6,900 acres of cucumbers harvested in 2023 with a total value of production of $23.6 million. Wisconsin farmers harvested 2,900 acres of pumpkinsin 2023 with a total value of production of $9.0 million.
Wisconsin enjoys No. 1 rankings in the following commodities
- Cheese, total produced
- American Cheese
- Cheddar Cheese
- Italian Cheese
- Corn Silage
- Cranberries
- Dry whey
- Milking goats
- Mink Pelts
- Snap Beans
Wisconsin guard Andrew Rohde reflects on early March Madness exit
Wisconsin guard Andrew Rohde said the Badgers ‘thought we could do so many things’ in the NCAA Tournament before it ended abrupty with an upset loss.
Wisconsin men’s basketball has added a sharpshooting wing via the transfer portal.
Miami (Ohio) transfer Eian Elmer has signed with the Badgers, the team announced April 18. The 6-foot-7 wing will join UW with one year of eligibility remaining.
Elmer averaged a career-high 12.7 points and 5.9 rebounds while shooting 49.8% from the field and 42.9% from 3-point range in 2025-26. His production helped the RedHawks go 32-2 and earn an at-large NCAA Tournament bid.
“We are really excited to add another excellent addition to our spring signees,” UW coach Greg Gard said in a release. “Eian brings a wealth of experience and scoring punch as a 6-7 wing. … A terrific shooter, his skillset and production fit excellently into our plan as we build out next year’s team. Throughout our evaluation process, our staff loved his size, power and skill and truly believe he will thrive in our system.”
Elmer is Wisconsin’s third transfer portal addition since the end of the 2025-26 season, joining former George Washington guard Trey Autry and former Hofstra forward Victory Onuetu. UW also added Australian guard Owen Foxwell.
The additions of Autry, Onuetu and now Elmer leave Gard’s staff with three more roster spots to fill ahead of the 2026-27 season.
The Badgers are looking to replace much of their production from a 2025-26 team that went 24-11. Nolan Winter is expected to be the team’s only returning starter after John Blackwell and Aleksas Bieliauskas entered the transfer portal and Nick Boyd and Andrew Rohde exhausted their eligibility.
MILWAUKEE – Friday’s severe storms have passed. And with that, the threat of any severe weather has also passed for the immediate future as no storms or rain are expected for several days.
However, plenty of damage remains across southeastern Wisconsin as of Saturday morning, in addition to the ongoing flooding threat.
Several area rivers are at flood stage, and there are multiple river flood warnings in effect.
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Farmstead damage in Franklin
FOX6’s Hayley Spitler is in Franklin on Saturday morning, April 18, getting a daylight look at the damage from last night’s storms.
Storm damage in Caledonia
Friday’s storms left quite the mark across southern and southeastern Wisconsin, including at L and L Farms and Greenhouse in Caledonia.
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School and business closings
When the weather gets a little dicey, schools and businesses may shut down. Monitor the latest list of closings, cancellations, and delays reported in southeast Wisconsin.
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How Aleksas Bieliauskas has grown in first season with Wisconsin Badgers
Wisconsin coach Greg Gard has high praise for Aleksas Bieliauskas about a month into the Lithuania native’s freshman season.
MADISON – One of Wisconsin men’s basketball’s departing transfers is headed to an SEC program with some connections to the Badgers.
Ex-UW forward Aleksas Bieliauskas has committed to South Carolina, he announced on April 17.
Bieliauskas left the Badgers after appearing in all 35 games as a freshman and making 28 starts. He averaged 4.9 points and 4.4 points in 20.2 minutes, and highlights of his freshman year included his five 3-pointers in UW’s upset over eventual national champion Michigan.
He’ll join a program with plenty of Wisconsin ties. South Carolina head coach Lamont Paris was an assistant coach at Wisconsin from 2010-17 on Bo Ryan and Greg Gard’s staffs. South Carolina assistant coach Tanner Bronson and director of video services Roman DiPasquale also are UW alumni.
Bieliauskas is the second of UW’s four departing transfers to commit to a new school. Reserve forward Jack Robison committed to North Dakota State on April 15. Starting guard John Blackwell and reserve forward Riccardo Greppi have not announced their next schools yet.
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