A group of dairy policy specialists from Missouri and Wisconsin want the industry to remember that as debate ramps up on dairy provisions for the 2012 Farm Bill. So they have produced a pair of reports, one an overview, the other in-depth, on the benefits and unintended consequences of past dairy policies.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and UW-Extension Cooperative Extension are pleased to announce that Mark Stephenson has been named as the new Director of Dairy Policy Analysis.

Fungal disease has become an epidemic in Wisconsin forests since it first showed up in a stand of pines in Adams County in 1993.

With colony collapse disorder continuing to plague commercial beekeepers in many parts of the country, University of Wisconsin-Madison experts are studying whether native pollinators can supply the insect pollination needed to form many fruits.

A new study is the first to provide concrete evidence for a long-hypothesized system for generating animal color patterns, be they stripes, spots or any of the myriad designs animals use to camouflage themselves or find a mate.

Sean Carroll, a University of Wisconsin-Madison molecular biologist and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, has been named the recipient of the 2010 Stephen Jay Gould Prize, an award given in recognition of exemplary efforts to advance public understanding of evolutionary science.

A University of Wiscosnin-Madison research team has developed a promising new chemical method to liberate the sugar molecules trapped inside inedible plant biomass, a key step in the creation of cellulosic biofuels.

Environmental historian Nancy Langston started her latest book planning to highlight the lasting legacy of manufactured chemicals that touched the lives of millions of Americans in the 1950s and 1960s.

The current financial downturn hasn’t spared Wisconsin’s organic farmers, but in general they have been able to ride it out, says a new report about the state’s organic sector.

Officials from the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences have recognized Congressman Steve Kagen, M.D. (WI-08.) for his leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives on agricultural issues important to the university and the state