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.

Organic vegetables will be the focus when the University of Wisconsin-Madison holds its fourth annual Organic Agriculture Field Day on July 28 at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station.

Wisconsin’s cranberry growers have made significant gains in the adoption of sustainable management practices during the past two decades, a new University of Wisconsin-Madison survey […]

The SouthEast Wisconsin Master Gardner Scholarship Fund was established to encourage students to study and practice research-based horticulture and to instill a joy of gardening and a willingness to share that knowledge.

Robert H. Burris, a noted University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemist, died on Tuesday, May 11 at the age of 96. He was one of the world’s preeminent authorities on nitrogen fixation.

A group of dairy policy specialists from Missouri and Wisconsin want the industry to remember that as debate ramps up on dairy provisions for the 2012 Farm Bill. So they have produced a pair of reports, one an overview, the other in-depth, on the benefits and unintended consequences of past dairy policies.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and UW-Extension Cooperative Extension are pleased to announce that Mark Stephenson has been named as the new Director of Dairy Policy Analysis.