While rising prices can put a strain on both farmers and consumers, interest in organic products continues to remain high. In 2025, U.S. organic food […]

Summer is field day season for the agricultural research stations operated by the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Over the course […]

The COVID-19 pandemic had a silver lining for some: The sudden interruption of daily routines was an opportunity to reconsider life choices. This was perhaps […]

When the Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center launched in early 2017, there were high hopes the facility would become a nationally recognized facility for plant transformation […]

This article was originally shared by UW–Madison News on Dec. 3, 2025. For an enhanced multi-media experience, read this story at https://news.wisc.edu/smart-farming/. If you closed […]

“How does your garden grow?” It’s a question posed often enough that it even appears in a classic nursery rhyme. When Angela Johnson, a local artist […]

Almost 20 years ago, Natalia de Leon ’00, ’02 and Shawn Kaeppler BS’87, professors in the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, set out to bring a crop back […]

Members of the Wisconsin livestock and meat industries are invited to help celebrate the induction of two individuals with outstanding lifetime contributions to the Wisconsin […]

Rural America is substantial in its size, population share, and social and economic significance. Roughly one in five Americans live in rural areas, and the […]

Rodrigo Werle wonders if anybody is ever really happy to see him. He is, after all, a weed scientist. He specializes in some of the nastiest, […]