Information Sources for Wisconsin Flooding Articles What is the impact on crops? Joe Lauer (608-263-7438, jglauer@wisc.edu) is a professor of agronomy and an expert on […]

Over three weeks this summer, a building made of straw bales and stucco will rise from the wind-swept Montana plains–an undertaking that is equally an exercise in green construction, an opportunity to assist with a much-needed early childhood learning center on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, and cultural partnership and immersion experience for undergraduate students.

In recent months consumers have become all too familiar with news of oil costs spiking, and most experts agree that higher prices at the pump are likely here to stay. As the demand for alternative forms of energy grows,

Kent Weigel, a dairy geneticist and extension genetics specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has won the Agway, Inc. Young Scientist Award for 2003 and the 2003 ADSA Foundation Dairy Production Award. Weigel received the awards during the awards ceremony at the ADSA annual meeting in Phoenix.

More than 150 perch scientists from nearly 30 nations will meet July 20 to July 24 in Madison for Percis III, the third International Percid Fish Symposium. Media representatives will be admitted free of charge; please show press credentials at the registration desk.

A pin-head-sized parasitic wasp can find, parasitize and kill the soybean aphid, College entomologists have found.

Washington, DC – A unique partnership between World Wildlife Fund, Wisconsin potato growers, and University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers is being recognized today as a recipient of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s prestigious

If you have livestock, you inevitably have dead stock – a reality of animal agriculture. With the rising costs of rendering services and increased concern for biosecurity on farms, producers need to consider all their options for disposing of their dead livestock.

When Tara Edblom graduated from high school in Plum City, she was interested in everything from archeology to sports medicine. But a cousin who remembered her early fascination with earthworms, predicted she would have a career in natural resources. He was right. Today, she is an environmental toxicologist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

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