Michel Wattiaux, assistant professor in dairy systems management at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was recently awarded the UW-Madison Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award for his work.

Carl Chellevold of Richland Center, Carl Kuehne of Green Bay and Jack Link of Minong will be inducted into the Wisconsin Meat Industry Hall of Fame on May 4 at the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Livestock and Meat Council in Madison. For tickets to the noon luncheon or more information, please contact Dan Vogel at (608) 224-5113.

From 2002 to 2004, the UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems facilitated a grower-led project that used ratios, such as net cash income per acre, as a way to share financial information confidentially. The results of this project are summarized in a new report – Grower to Grower: Creating a Livelihood on a Fresh Market Vegetable Farm.

Somewhere between the steamy, tropical lowlands and the lush, terraced hillsides of Guatemala, CALS students learned about more than just the tropical plant diseases they had come to study.

The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences will celebrate the approval of a new agroecology master’s program on Thursday, Mar. 30 at 4:30pm in the D.C. Smith Greenhouse conservatory, located at 465 Babcock Drive. The event is free and the entire Madison community is invited to attend.

The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences will honor more than a dozen outstanding faculty and staff members at the CALS Awards Program on April 26, 2006. The prestigious awards recognize each recipient’s unique and excellent contribution to the College.

When it comes to household income, farming background, age, and technology use, dairy farmers who use managed grazing aren”t all that different from farmers who […]

Are you considering a new value-added business for your farm? Budgeting tools from the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems at the University of Wisconsin-Madison can […]

With the second highest number of certified organic farms in the U.S., Wisconsin is a national leader in organic crop and livestock production. Organic Agriculture […]

Governor Jim Doyle and First Lady Jessica Doyle met with former and future Peace Corps volunteers in Agriculture Hall on Friday, March 3rd to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the program.