To dine with Jeri Barak is to take a lesson in applied food safety. Barak, an assistant professor of plant pathology, begins by sorting through […]

When you buy a cup of coffee that has been certified as Fair Trade, Organic or another “socially responsible” label, do you know what you […]

Wisconsin growers may have the greenest potato on the planet. So why can’t you get it at your supermarket? It’s complicated.

Grossen, Babcock Dairy Plant’s cheese maker since 2005, produces over 20 different varieties of cheese that consistently score high in all competitions entered. In 2010, […]

When Truong arrived at UW-Madison as a freshman in the fall of 2001, he never imagined that nearly a decade later, he’d still be working […]

As head of the Applied Food Safety Lab at the UW-Madison Food Research Institute, Glass helps food companies from Wisconsin and around the nation deal […]

After five years working as a metabolic dietitian at Emory University, where she helped patients with PKU, MSUD and other metabolic disorders, Lesperance Stelton began […]

Animal scientist Arthur Pope, who led University of Wisconsin-Madison sheep research and instruction programs for 43 years, died on July 5 at his home in Verona at the age of 89.

The slump in dairy farm revenues knows no borders. That was clear from the data presented at the annual International Farm Comparison Dairy Network conference held in Kiel, Germany in early June, says agricultural economist Ed Jesse, one of three U.S. representatives at the event.

The tour schedule for the Aug. 25 Agronomy/Soils Field Day is available online.