They may not be people who have kids at home, so this whole school child phenomenon may or may not have played a big role. "I do sort of feel for the people in the 17 percent (without access)," Shutske said. Shutske said he was surprised more farms weren't reporting internet access, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic forced children to learn from home and required everyone to start doing more things online. John Shutske is a professor of biological systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has studied how the agriculture industry is adopting new technologies. response surpassed the state this year, growing to 85 percent. Two years ago, Wisconsin was in line with the national average for internet access. That's one percentage point more than the same survey in 2021 and in 2019. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service found that only 83 percent of Wisconsin farms reported having internet access. She frequently checks data about her milk quality that her processor posts online and stays up to date on proposed changes to organic certification requirements.Īcross the agriculture industry, online tools and cell phones have become an increasingly important part of how farms operate. The connection is what she uses for everything from texting her cow breeder to searching Facebook Marketplace for a piece of equipment. "Then I've got to straighten up and try to get back into the position."Ĭeylor said she uses the same cellular network for internet access on her computer. "Sometimes I'll be having a conversation, even in my house where I have a booster, and if I move to the left or move to the right, somebody will say 'wait, you broke up,'" she said. It just depends on where you're standing.
Linda Ceylor said she has cell reception on her organic dairy farm in Price County.
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