Fifteen Wisconsin dairy youth received James W. Crowley Leadership Awards at the 2004 Wisconsin State Fair. These youth were rewarded for their outstanding dairy project work. Each award winner received a plaque provided by the James W. Crowley Dairy Management and Extension Fund.

The UW-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course Dairy Judging team placed third in both the traditional and practical post-secondary two year college contests held Sept. 27 at World Dairy Expo. Members of the traditional team were Cynthia Voeltz of Tilleda, Evan Brinkmeier of Dakota, Ill., Ryan Ullom of Shell Lake, and Danielle Bucholtz of Westfield.

Ten senior dairy judging teams and twenty-one individuals from across the state will travel to the Wisconsin State Fair on Aug. 11, 2004, to compete for the State 4-H Champion title and the opportunity to move on to national-level competition. The teams and individuals are selected from four statewide district judging contests as part of the 4-H Area Animal Science Days program. Youth judge eight classes of dairy cows and heifers at each contest; in addition, seniors give reasons and juniors answer conformation-related questions.

Wisconsin’s share of government jobs is not out of proportion to other states, challenging the idea that the state is a high tax-and-spend state, a new study by researchers at the UW-Madison and UW-Oshkosh reveals.

Maps are tools to show you where you are going, but they can also show you where you came from. That principle drives the work of Roberto Rodriguez and Patrisia Gonzales, who study ancient maps, oral traditions and the movement of domesticated crops to learn more about the origins of native people in the Americas.

To help federal agencies and local authorities manage fire risk, a team of College and USDA Forest Service researchers has analyzed census and vegetation data to gain a new understanding of wildland/urban interfaces across the country, and a map that reflects congressional policymakers’ definitions of at-risk communities

The Center for Cooperatives at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is co-sponsoring a pre-conference on

Forestry cooperatives are experiencing a revival in the United States, and Wisconsin is leading the way. As of April 2002, the nation had nine fully established forestry co-ops, six of them in the state of Wisconsin. Can Wisconsin’s new forestry cooperatives learn from those that came before them?

A plan for a company that will offer a device to monitor and enhance athletic performance, particularly in rowing, earned Nate Altfeather, a biological systems […]

What is the solution to urban sprawl? Some say, tongue in cheek, it’s moving to the city. But others, like Gary Green, a rural sociology researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, are evaluating the effectiveness of exclusive agricultural zoning laws and smart growth initiatives, balancing the aesthetic of open space with the practicality of denser, more orderly development.