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  • Posted on April 15, 2016
    Age-Old Traditions, New Media

    There is no better place to begin this story than on an August morning in the remote reaches of the Bad River Ojibwe Reservation, afloat […]

  • Posted on April 14, 2016
    Wisconsin Manure Irrigation Workgroup report available as resource for citizens and local municipalities

    The Wisconsin Manure Irrigation Workgroup, a UW-Madison/UW-Extension-led group tasked with assessing the potential advantages and concerns associated with manure irrigation, released its final report today […]

  • Posted on April 6, 2016
    Wisconsin Manure Irrigation Workgroup to release report and hold webinar on April 14

    A UW-Madison/UW-Extension-led workgroup tasked with assessing manure irrigation practices will share its findings during a webinar held on Thursday, April 14. Immediately following the webinar, […]

  • Posted on March 21, 2016
    A portrait of Hmong in Wisconsin

    The population of Hmong in Wisconsin is still growing, but more slowly than in the 1990s—and, as of 2010, most Hmong living in Wisconsin were […]

  • Posted on February 24, 2016
    New analysis shows Wisconsin poverty on the upswing

    Poverty in Wisconsin hit its highest level in 30 years during a five-year period that ended in 2014, according to a new analysis by the […]

  • Posted on January 4, 2016
    2016 Wisconsin Agricultural Economic Outlook Forum materials

    Below are materials from the 2016 Wisconsin Agricultural Economic Outlook Forum: 2016 Ag Outlook Forum Executive Summary 2016 Ag Outlook Forum PowerPoint Slides

  • Posted on November 18, 2015
    Farmers across the Midwest benefit from UW – Vita Plus connections

    It’s a crisp fall day as Augusta Hagen drives south of Monroe, Wisconsin into Illinois. Mahon Farms Dairy is just across the state line in […]

  • Posted on November 12, 2015
    Mexico: Mapping the roots of poverty and inequality

    What makes development projects work? Jennifer Alix-Garcia, a professor of agricultural and applied economics, is diving deep into Mexico’s history to shed light on that […]

  • Posted on November 3, 2015
    USDA funding supports rural cooperative development in Wisconsin and Minnesota

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Rural Development recently awarded a fifth round of funding to the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives (UWCC) […]

  • Posted on October 16, 2015
    A look at the Wisconsin sheep business – Audio
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    The Wisconsin sheep business David Thomas, Professor Department of Animal Science UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences dlthomas@wisc.edu Phone (608) 263-4306, (608) 263-4300 3:02 […]