MADISON, Wis. – With Wisconsin leading the nation with the number of dairy sheep farms and overall sheep milk production, it”s no surprise that the […]

It’s a dilemma for dairy farmers. While dairy cattle’s capacity to produce milk continues to increase, their ability to reproduce is on the decline. A […]

A first place finish in Oral Reasons and consistent breed results propelled the UW-Madison dairy judging team to 2nd place at the North American International Livestock Exposition Intercollegiate Dairy Judging Contest held Sunday, November 8, 2009 in Louisville, Ky.

The Midwest School for Beginning Apple Growers, a three-day workshop for people wanting to start an orchard business, will be offered February 5-7, 2010 on the UW-Madison campus.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course program will offer six courses – each a week or less in length – during the first half of January.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Farm and Industry Short Course invites prospective students and their parents to campus on Dec. 2-3, 2009 to preview what the program has to offer.

An article in Science documents a previously unknown symbiosis between ants and bacteria and provides insights into how leaf-cutter ants have dome to dominate the tropics.

This week, scientists are revealing the genetic instructions inside corn, one of the big three cereal crops. Corn, or maize, has one of the most complex sequences of DNA ever analyzed, says University of Wisconsin-Madison genomicist David Schwartz, who was one of more than 100 authors in the article in the journal Science.

Fresh market vegetable growers can learn how to extend their marketing season with storage crops at a workshop being offered on Dec. 4 in Hudson and Dec. 11 in Madison.

The Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers, a three-day workshop for people wanting to start a fresh market vegetable farm, will be offered January 15-17 on the UW-Madison campus.