Wisconsin has a healthy potato industry, ranking in the top 5 nationally. It’s bolstered by support from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, ranging from supplying seed […]

Why do chickens lay different-colored eggs? In this episode of Blue Sky Science, Ron Kean, a faculty associate in animal sciences, answers that question posed by Rafael […]

On a field in western Madison, where cornfields sprout houses, Amaya Atucha and three graduate students are giving a buzzcut to some experimental grape vines. […]

Matt Ruark, Extension soil scientist Department of Soil Science UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences mdruark@wisc.edu 608-263-2889 3:12 – Total time 0:11 – What […]

If there’s anything that could be called the archenemy of Midwestern soybean producers, it just might be Sclerotinia stem rot. Once thought of as only […]

Despite the ongoing consolidation of Wisconsin’s dairy economy, entry-level workers remain in demand. Yet many incoming workers know little or nothing about dairying, and for […]

From February through June, we will be highlighting the ways that UW–Madison changes lives for the better throughout the state of Wisconsin. March’s theme is […]

Last year, Wisconsin lost 691 dairy farms, the most since 2011. Wisconsin also leads neighboring states in farm bankruptcies. Consecutive years of low milk prices, […]

Summer Term isn’t just for UW–Madison students. While taking summer classes is a great way for current UW students to get ahead in their studies, […]

Last fall, when the “Gastropod” podcast came to UW–Madison to partici­pate in the 2018 Wisconsin Science Festival, hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley asked Irwin Goldman PhD’91 to be a guest […]