A new idea for constructing post buildings won two University of Wisconsin-Madison students second place in competition for the best engineering design project related to agriculture.

Twelve senior dairy judging teams and eight individuals from across the state will travel to the Polk Country Fairgrounds on July 28 to compete in the State 4-H Senior Dairy Cattle Judging contest and vie for the opportunity to move on to a national-level contest.

UW-Madison’s Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems has received a grant from the USDA’s National Research Initiative to strengthen the food supply chains that connect medium-sized farms and ranches to the marketplace – part of the National Initiative to Renew

Stressed potato plants are more susceptible to disease, which in turn reduces yield and can make the tubers more likely to rot during storage. To help farmers address this issue, a University of Wisconsin-Madison research team has determined that managing soil compaction can help keep potato crops healthy and stable during storage. That means a better bottom line both for farmers and processors.

A UW-Madison report indicates that farmers who use management intensive rotation grazing can result in higher net farm incomes than those earned on traditional confinement farms.

Some Wisconsin dairy cows may find themselves with less elbow room this year. The number of dairy cows in the state grew by 3,000 last year. This was only the second year since 1985 that Wisconsin’s dairy herd didn’t shrink (the other was 1994)

How a farm family fares financially depends not only on how much it earns from farming, but also on how much it relies on that income, according to agricultural economist Ed Jesse, writing in Status of Wisconsin Agriculture 2006.

Researchers calculate that a $.67 up-size can generate more than $7 in hidden costs over the next year

The Babcock Institute for International Dairy Research and Development received a 2006 Governor’s Export Achievement Award at the Wisconsin International Trade Conference

Four students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison won Platinum recognition for the third consecutive year at the North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge (NAIDC) held March […]